Editing Austin Powers in Goldmember (section)

===Characters===
[[Austin Powers (character)|Austin Powers]] (Myers), having conquered the 1990s and the 1960s, travels back to the 1970s and teams up with his nemesis [[Dr. Evil]] (also played by Myers) to thwart a new villain, Goldmember (Myers once again). Myers also plays [[Fat Bastard (Austin Powers Character)|Fat Bastard]] for the second time, this time [[parody]]ing the kind of [[Wire fu|"wire fight"]] seen in ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''. The film also stars Beyoncé Knowles as [[Foxxy Cleopatra]] (parodying [[blaxploitation]] heroines, primarily [[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]] and [[Cleopatra Jones]], as well as [[Get Christie Love!|Christie Love]] when she says, "You're under arrest, sugah!"), [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]], reprising the role of Basil Exposition, and [[Verne Troyer]] in his second appearance as [[Mini-Me]]. The film also introduced a new character named Number 3 (a.k.a. the Mole), who is portrayed by former [[child actor|child star]] [[Fred Savage]]. [[Clint Howard]] plays a radar operator in all three films. [[Michael Caine]] guest stars as Austin's father, Nigel; this role was inspired by the character of [[Harry Palmer]] from ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]'', a 1965 film starring Caine.<ref name="ipc">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/01/05/the_ipcress_file_2006_review.shtml | title=The Ipcress File (1965) | publisher=BBC | date=January 6, 2006 | access-date=June 17, 2013 | author=Leyland, Matthew}}</ref> [[Sean Connery]] was originally considered for the role of Nigel Powers<ref>{{cite web |date=2006-01-06 |title=Connery as Austin Powers' Pop? - ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111626&page=1 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> and [[Honor Blackman]] for that of Mrs. Powers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-06 |title=Sean Connery To Star In Austin Powers |url=https://www.cinema.com/news/item/2841/sean-connery-to-star-in-austin-powers.phtml |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Cinema.com}}</ref>

Four actors who appeared in the earlier films play different characters in ''Goldmember''. [[Rob Lowe]], who played the friend of a dead guard in ''International Man of Mystery'', reprises his role as a younger Number 2 from ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', while [[Neil Mullarkey]] (quartermaster clerk in ''International Man of Mystery'') and Eric Winzenried (army private soldier in ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'') appear as the Physician and Henchman Sailor in the Sick Bay. [[Michael McDonald (comedian)|Michael McDonald]] (the Virtucon guard who got run over by a steamroller in ''International Man of Mystery'' and a NATO soldier in ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'') appears as the royal guard.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118655/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast| title = Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb| website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145660/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast| title = Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb| website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref>

====Goldmember====
Johann van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a villain played by Myers ([[John Travolta]] plays the character in a cameo at the end of the film). The name was inspired by the [[James Bond]] villain [[Auric Goldfinger]]. Goldmember's Dutch origins and character traits were, according to Myers, inspired by an episode of the [[HBO]] TV series ''[[Real Sex]]'' featuring a Dutchman who operated a "sex barn" north of [[Rotterdam]]. The man's distinct forms of expression caught Myers' attention while he was writing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2002-07-25-goldmember_x.htm |work=USA Today|title=Movie news|date=2002-07-25 | first1=Andy | last1=Seiler | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>