Mike Myers returns as Dr Evil to mock Donald Trump and announce presidential candidacy with Mark Zuckerberg
'I was going to be secretary of evil, but Steve Bannon got that job'
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After spending some time away from the limelight (although Tommy Maitland may disagree), Mike Myers has returned to our TV screens.
Last night (4 April), the actor appeared on Mike Myers’s show – although, not as himself. Myers instead dressed as Dr. Evil, the villain of the Austin Powers movies, the last of which reached cinema screens 16 years ago.
During Fallon’s monologue, the host joked about the high turnover of staff on the Trump administration, saying their show had an exclusive on the latest person to be let go.
To some surprise, Dr. Evil swivelled around in his chair, Fallon asking, “Dr. Evil?”
“No, it's Adam Levine. Of course it's Dr. Evil, numbnuts,” Myers responding, once again falling naturally into the role. Asked what his role on the Trump team was, the supervillain responded: “Naturally, I was going to be secretary of evil, but Steve Bannon got that job.”
“I was more of an ‘ideas guy’ really,” he continued. “The wall, the wall, that was all me, but I wanted it to be a moat filled with spiky blowfish. I didn't want the Mexicans to pay for it, I wanted Alec Baldwin to pay for it.”
Questioned further, Evil said: “All the most evil stuff was me.” Fallon then responed “Even deporting the Dreamers?” to which Evil said “No, Jimmy, even I have my limits. I’m evil but I’m not a monster.”
Later, Evil ‘announced his candidacy for President, his running partner Mark Zuckerberg (“The only man more hated than Donald Trump right now”), and their slogan “Make the World Evil Again.” Watch below.
Myers was appearing on the show to promote his upcoming movie Terminal, starring the Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, and Max Irons.
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