Mike Myers recently told Vulture that rumors claiming Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” film franchise is based on “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels are simply not true.

Regarding the creative atmosphere of Saturday Night Live, nothing seems to be off limits as far as impressions, including creator Lorne Michaels ... Powers villain Dr. Evil on Michaels, but ...

Although he admitted Lorne Michaels provided some inspiration, the Saturday Night Live alum revealed that the Austin Powers villain Dr. Evil was originally based on another more specific character ...

While speaking with Vulture, Myers laid a particular rumor to rest about the origins of the Dr. Evil character ... on his former boss and “SNL” creator, Lorne Michaels.

Much as the legend has grown that Mike Myers’ Austin Powers character Dr. Evil is a Lorne ... Michaels’ personality made it into Dr. Evil, Myers recalled a trip to the Saturday Night Live ...

“Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live” is the “definitive biography” of Lorne Michaels ... the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys—and ...

On film, his whimsical, dismissive mien provided the basis for Mike Myers’ “Austin Powers” villain Dr. Evil ... which “SNL” were the only referent. Like a talented editor, Michaels ...