Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery the film: it may be found in James Wallerstein's "The Cactus Wildcat" (1954) and E.B. White's "The Trumpet of the Swan" (1970).) Daniel Craig, who has portrayed James Bond on screen since 2006, credited the Austin Powers franchise with the relatively serious tone of later Bond films. "We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers fucked us," Craig said in a 2014 interview, making it "impossible to do the gags" of earlier Bond films which Austin Powers satirized. "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" received positive reviews. The film received a 70% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on
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