Actor does Dr. Evil monologue for class and it's brilliant
I love nothing more than when an actor uses creative or obscure material in an audition or in class. Out of context or perhaps with an entirely different emotion, you might find something in the text that you hadn’t noticed before.
Actor and comedian Lisa Gilroy has figured that out and what she’s done is downright brilliant.
According to her Twitter, she used Dr. Evil’s group therapy monologue from the first Austin Powers movie for an acting class, and apparently, no one seemed to notice. It didn’t hurt that she performed it with excellent dramatic effect. Here it is:
Fantastic. And just for comparison, here is the original clip.
I hope she got an A.
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