Nigel Powers’ Rage In The Movie Came From Real Life Experience
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If you’re familiar with the movie, you know Austin Powers’ dad has a bizarre hatred for the Dutch and it seems quite random. But it turns out that hatred isn’t random at all.
Myers was drawing from real-life experiences from his own dad who had a serious hate for Hawaiians. He claimed that they “killed Captain Cook in his sleep,” (Captain Cook being a British navigator and explorer) which is not true at all. Instead of Hawaiians, it was the Dutch who felt the wrath of the Powers family.
