Mike Myers auf dem Pentvereiger und spielte mehrere Charaktere

What if a secret society really was controlling the world — and they were actually, well … nice?

That’s the premise of The Pentaverate, the new Netflix limited series that brings Mike Myers back to the screen in multiple roles, including the members of the show’s titular, Illuminati-like organization, as well as the Canadian journalist on a mission to expose them and countless other, wonderfully ridiculous characters. The six-episode series was created and co-written by Myers, and features Keegan-Michael Key, Ken Jeong, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, and Lydia West playing supporting roles alongside a multitude of eccentric characters portrayed by the Austin Powers and Wayne's World Stern.

“Seeing Mike go from one character to another, and working in a scene with him playing two characters or more was fascinating,” West told Digital Trends of her time on the set with Myers. The It’s A Sin actress portrays Reilly Clayton, the young assistant to Canadian local journalist Ken Scarborough (Myers), who sets out to expose The Pentaverate to the world. The pair are assisted in their mission by Anthony Lansdowne, a grungy conspiracy theorist also portrayed by Myers — a scenario that has West often acting alongside two of Myers’ characters in the same scene.

“It was amazing to see just how he would just switch from one character to another in the space of 24 hours,” recalled West.

That praise for Myers’ ability to bounce between multiple characters — a talent on display throughout his career — was echoed by many of West’s fellow Pentaverate cast members, including Community and The Hangover actor Ken Jeong, who plays smarmy casino mogul Skip Cho in the series.

“Mike Myers is one of the reasons why I got into comedy in the first place. So imagine how it feels when he calls you and says, ‘I wrote this part for you. Will you do it?'” recalled Jeong. “Just to watch him work, it was so fulfilling to watch how he does it — because he is one of a kind. He is a unicorn. There is no one like him, and I just got to watch the best do it. It was truly incredible.”

Speaking with Digital Trends during a press event for the series, Myers explained the series’ origin: The concept of The Pentaverate first introduced in his 1993 film So I Married An Axe Murderer. A seemingly throwaway line, in which the conspiracy-loving father of the film's lead character matter-of-factly tells his son (both played by Myers, of course) about The Pentaverate, became the seed for this series, which debuts almost exactly 30 Jahre später.

For Myers, though, his fascination with conspiracy theories dates back even further.

“My mom was in the Royal Air Force and had a security clearance, so I always knew that secrets were out there in the world and that there are good secrets,” he said. “The ones that defeat the Nazis, of course, are the best secrets. My mom wasn’t in MI5 or MI6 or anything, but you can see some of that — my obsession with that world of secrets — in Austin Powers, for example.”

“But people being obsessed with conspiracy theories ebbs and flows,” he continued. “At the time I did So I Married An Axe Murderer, they were everywhere. And then that sort of went away. But it’s come back again lately, so my wife was like, ‘You’re so obsessed with the Illuminati, the Masons, all of those things, and you have this idea for a series. Why don’t you pitch it?'”

After getting the green light from Netflix, the next step was finding a director who could not only capture Myers’ vision for the series, but also adapt to the unique on-set environment of a film in which the co-writer and star also plays nearly half the featured characters in the film. Myers found that filmmaker in Look Around You and Brockmire director Tim Kirkby, who directs all six episodes of The Pentaverate.

“I had seen his fantastic show Look Around You, and I saw this as a British-style limited series, which I love that they do in England,” recalled Myers. “I knew from his work that it was going to be a celebration of the eccentric, and it really is one of the greatest collaborations I’ve ever had.”

It appears to have been an inspired pairing, too, as Kirkby indicated that the logistical machinations required to produce the series were a welcome challenge, with each day bringing a new puzzle of sorts to solve.

“I don’t think we were ever really ready to shoot,” he laughed. “That's the thing: You can pick at the schedule and discuss how it's going to be shot forever, but because of the multicharacter format, my job was really just to put the creative scaffolding around Mike and give him the playground to feel relaxed and go dafür. … It was challenging, but that’s exciting to me. You just have to figure it out, and I love that.”

Zusammen mit den neuen Erfahrungen, die die Serie sowohl hinter der Kamera als auch davor bot, hatte Die Pentaverate auch mindestens ein Darsteller eine neue Lieblingsverschwörungstheorie entdeckt - eine, in der ihr Gehirn immer noch Überstunden bewirkt.

"Während wir [Szenen für] die Canconcon - die kanadische Verschwörungstheorie - filmten, sah ich ein Zeichen mit der Aufschrift" Existieren Babytauben? ", Erinnerte sich West lachend. "Und ich hatte gerade den Moment des Nachdenkens:" Warte, ich habe in meinem ganzen Leben noch nie eine Babytaube gesehen. Existieren sie tatsächlich? Hat jemand einen gesehen? Wo sind die Nester? '“

Alle scherzen beiseite, West und der Rest der unterstützenden Besetzung der Serie kreischten wiederholt zurück, um Myers 'Rückkehr ins Rampenlicht in _ the pentaverate_-seine erste Live-Action, die die Rolle seit 2008 mit dem Liebes-Guru-Guru auf die Hauptrolle spielt. Die Tatsache, dass der zweite Film, in dem er jemals mitgespielt hat, ihn jetzt drei Jahrzehnte nach dem Film -Hit -Theater auf die Leinwand zurückbringt, ist auch für Myers nicht verloren.

Auf die Frage, wie er sich über die oben genannten fühlt - so habe ich einen Axt -Mörder geheiratet. Jetzt schien Myers wirklich von den Zuneichenfans dieser dunklen Komödie berührt zu sein und wie weit er in der Zeit zwischen der Veröffentlichung dieses Films und der Premiere von _ the Pentaverate_ ist..

"Es ist einer meiner Lieblingsfilme, die ich gemacht habe", sagte er über einen Axt -Mörder. "Ich bin so dankbar und froh, dass es in der Nähe steckt. Ich wusste nicht, dass ich als Kind in Toronto für meinen Lebensunterhalt berechtigt bin, und es ist unglaublich erfreulich, dass Filme immer noch in Kultur relevant sind. Es bewegt mich zu Tränen. “

ALL SIX EPISODES OF DER PENTAVERATE PREMIERE 5. Mai auf netflix.

Das Pentaverate (2022)

TV-MA 1 Saison

Genre Komödie

Cast Mike Myers, Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key

Erstellt von Mike Myers

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