Editing Wayne's World 2 (section)

==Production==
[[Penelope Spheeris]], who directed the [[Wayne's World (film)|first film]], believes that Myers encouraged the studio not to have her back for the sequel due to personality conflicts with Myers during the making of the first film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rottenberg |first=Josh |date=June 16, 2008 |title=Mike Myers: Man of Mystery |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/06/16/mike-myers-man-mystery/ |access-date=May 26, 2017 |quote={{-'}}I hated that bastard for years,' says Spheeris, who believes Myers dissuaded [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] from hiring her for ''Wayne's World 2''. 'But when I saw ''[[Austin Powers]]'', I went, "I forgive you, Mike."{{-'}} She pauses, voice choked with emotion. {{'-}}"You can be moody, you can be a jerk, you can be things that others of us can't be—because you are profoundly talented. And I forgive you.{{"-}}{{'-}}}}</ref> She went on to direct another TV to big screen adaptation, ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', instead and was replaced by [[Stephen Surjik]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imsvintagephotos.com/director-stephen-surjik-with-producer-lorne-michaels-and-131086|title=Director Stephen Surjik with producer Lorne Michaels and actors Dana Carvey and Kim Basinger on the set of Wayne's World 2.|last=|first=|date=|website=IMS Vintage Photos|publisher=|access-date=|quote=|archive-date=2021-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130063416/https://imsvintagephotos.com/director-stephen-surjik-with-producer-lorne-michaels-and-131086|url-status=dead}}</ref> for the sequel.

Myers' original script for ''Wayne's World 2'' had Wayne and Garth forming their own country and seceding from the US after finding an ancient scroll, in a story taken from the 1949 British comedy ''[[Passport to Pimlico]].'' This version was well into pre-production before it came to light that the studio had no idea the script was based on a previous film and thus had not obtained the rights to ''Passport to Pimlico''. Production was immediately halted—director Surjik said: "I could hear the chainsaws literally chopping the sets down."<ref>{{cite news |last=Melnychuk |first=Mark |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Making Wayne's World 2 was 'traumatic' for director Stephen Surjik |newspaper=[[Regina Leader-Post]] |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/making-waynes-world-2-was-traumatic-for-director-stephen-surjik |access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> Studio executive [[Sherry Lansing]] was reportedly furious with Myers and threatened to ruin his life and career if he did not immediately produce a new script.<ref>{{cite web |author=THR Staff |date=April 21, 2017 |title=Why Sherry Lansing Threatened Mike Myers: 'I'll Take Your F—ing House' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-sherry-lansing-threatened-mike-myers-ill-take-your-f-king-house-994864 |access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>

The character of Del Preston, played by [[Ralph Brown]], is an extension of his Danny character from the cult film ''[[Withnail and I]]''. The character was a late addition to the script, and came about after Dana Carvey saw a repertory screening of ''Withnail and I'' in Los Angeles. Due to the age discrepancy between the two characters, they landed on Del being a "spiritual reprisal" of Danny, rather than a direct representation of the same character.<ref>{{cite book |last1=N. Abrams |first1=Harry |title="Withnail and I": The Screenplay 10th Anniversary Edition |date=May 1, 1996 |publisher=The Overlook Press |location=United States |isbn=0879516585 |page=3 |edition= Anniversary }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Withnail and I Fun Facts |date=19 March 2016 |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/77419/13-loaded-facts-about-withnail-and-i |publisher=Mental Floss}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Waynes World 2 Trivia |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108525/trivia |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>

[[Kim Basinger]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lebeauleblog.com/2012/02/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-kim-basinger/|title=What the Hell Happened to Kim Basinger?|last= |first= |date=February 5, 2012|website=Lebeau's Le Blog|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> did three days' worth of work on ''Wayne's World 2''. When discussing being approached to do the project, Basinger said<ref>{{cite news |last=Grobel|first=Lawrence|date=December 19, 2019|title=Kim Basinger: No Regrets|url=https://lebeauleblog.com/2019/12/16/kim-basinger-no-regrets/|work=Movieline|location= |access-date=}}</ref> "I never saw ''Wayne's World'' so I didn't know what it was about. But Dana Carvey just clean-called me and he was very sweet and sincere. He said, "We're really going to have fun, please do this with me." At first I said no, but he kept calling. It was just a blast. Dana's wonderful. It was a little gift to be given in the middle of the year."

Basinger noted that when Carvey approached her with the part, he refused to take no for an answer. When she showed the script to her then husband, [[Alec Baldwin]], he loved it and told her that she must be in the film. According to her,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|date=September 10, 1993 |title=Entertainment news for September 10, 1993|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/09/10/entertainment-news-september-10-1993/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location= |access-date=}}</ref> the echo effect clinched her decision to take part in the movie.

She said<ref>{{cite news |last=Longsdorf |first=Amy |url=https://www.mcall.com/1993/09/11/actress-kim-basinger-trying-to-break-the-bank-with-three-new-movies/ |title=Actress Kim Basinger Trying to Break the Bank with Three New Movies |work=[[The Morning Call]] |date=September 11, 1993 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326134809/https://www.mcall.com/1993/09/11/actress-kim-basinger-trying-to-break-the-bank-with-three-new-movies/ |archive-date=2025-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> when describing her character, "I'm this little character that they call Honey Hornée. ... I don't want to give away the whole plot, but I want to say that it's Garth's first screen kiss. Oh, and it's wonderful and (Dana Carvey) wrote it. He was magic for three days." And when asked whose hair was longer, hers or Garth's, Basinger said with a laugh, "You know, It was so funny, we sorta looked like each other. We're like [[Harold and Maude]]; we're kinda this odd couple. But it works. You'd just love to follow these two people around the grocery store and see what they buy and wonder what they're gonna do with it. That's the kind of characters these two are."

Basinger also said<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kimbasinger.it/ww2f.html|title=Wayne's World 2|last= |first= |date= |website=kimbasinger.it|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> about working with Dana Carvey, "I honestly thought I was going to get fired because I could not keep a straight face. I never really looked into his eyes. I could never do it. I would focus on a piece of his hair and say" Be really cool Kim". And them when he started to kiss me, I just came apart." Dana Carvey joked<ref>{{cite news |last=Pearlman |first=Cindy |title=Actors Kiss and Tell About the Work Behind Those On-Screen Romances |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/03/actors-kiss-and-tell-about-the-work-behind-those-on-screen-romances/ |work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]] |date=February 3, 1994 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326141048/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/03/actors-kiss-and-tell-about-the-work-behind-those-on-screen-romances/ |archive-date=2025-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> that making out with Kim Basinger was just awful. He added that he felt very bad for her because "kissing Garth<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayes|first=Britt|date=December 10, 2018|title=The Unpopular Opinion: 'Wayne's World 2' is Better Than the First Movie|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/waynes-world-2-defense/|work=Slash Film|location= |access-date=}}</ref> is like kissing a moving truck. The guy is so nervous, he's always weaving around".

The entire subplot of Garth finding himself in the clutches of a potentially dangerous femme fatale has drawn comparisons to the 1944 film ''[[Double Indemnity]]''<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=A worthy sequel|url=https://www.listal.com/viewentry/6091897|work=listal|location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=WAYNE'S WORLD 2|url=https://mubi.com/films/33778/ratings/15497922|work=mubi.com|location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Leo|first=Vincent|date=June 23, 2008|title=Wayne's World 2 (1993)|url=https://qwipster.net/2008/06/23/waynes-world-2-1993/|work=Qwipster|location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Knox|first=Carl|date=March 11, 2014|title=Movie Review of 'Wayne's World 2' (1993)|url=https://www.moviefilmreview.com/194352/movie-review-of-waynes-world-2-1993|work=MovieFilmReview.com|location= |access-date=}}</ref> starring [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]. In that film, MacMurray plays an insurance salesman while Stanwyck plays a provocative housewife who wishes her husband were dead.

The laundromat where Garth first meets Honey Hornée was located at 6803 [[Melrose Avenue]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2013/02/waynes-world-2.html|title=Filming Locations of Chicago and Los Angeles|last= |first= |date= |website=It's Filmed There|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> in [[Los Angeles]] and Honey's [[apartment]] building was located at 5023 Maytime Lane in [[Culver City, California]]. When Garth is floating in the air kissing Honey in said apartment, a black wire that's holding Dana Carvey against the background of the white lampshade is visible.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moviemistakes.com/film1388/revealing|title=Wayne's World 2 (1993)|last= |first= |date= |website=Movie Mistakes|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>