Number 2 (Austin Powers) rather than plans for world conquest will increase Starbucks' profits fivefold. Dr. Evil promptly tells him to shut up and "show some respect". In a deleted scene from the third film ("Austin Powers in Goldmember"), while Scott is running the Evil Empire in lieu of his incarcerated father, Number 2 presents him with a business opportunity in alpaca farming. Number 2 (Austin Powers) Number 2 is a fictional character in the "Austin Powers" franchise. He is played by Robert Wagner in all three films, while his younger self is played by Rob Lowe in "". He briefly appears as a
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