My inspiration for this topic was coming across an interview with Daniel Craig from 2014 that mentioned how Austin Powers actually had an effect on the James Bond franchise. Namely Craig admits Austin Powers is responsible for the very serious and darker tone his series of Bond films have taken on, because by the time Craig became Bond the jokes about all the tropes the Bond franchises used in the past were so heavily mocked by Austin Powers that the people behind Bond felt they could no longer use certain old tropes out of fear it meant no one could take Bond seriously anymore. Craig was even incredibly blunt by saying "Myers fucked us" because thanks to Austin Powers he barely gets the chance to do some old fashioned Bond stuff.
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