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50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 33. Wayne's World - Thunderbolt and Lightning, very, very Frightening

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I don't know if I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody until my early 20s. Or at least it never grabbed me until then. But it did that one fateful night and it's been one of my favorites ever since. What Mike Myers does with this song is just a perfect introduction to Wayne and Garth. Mike Myers was in Bohemian Rhapsody being against the song. Myers said nobody will bang their heads to this song.

Bohemian Rhapsody almost wasn't in the movie. The studio and producer Lorne Michaels wanted something more current, with Guns N' Roses being considered for the scene. Myers fought hard for Queen because he had grown up listening to the song with his brother and friends. He knew exactly how ridiculous and perfect it would be. He was so determined to keep it that he reportedly threatened to quit if they replaced it.

Myers wasn't just making it up, either. He had actually spent his teenage years driving around with friends singing along to it. So that scene is basically Mike Myers turning one of his own teenage memories into one of the greatest movie openings ever.

And the irony is fantastic: Bohemian Rhapsody had already been a huge hit in the 70s, but by the 90s it had faded. Then Wayne's World came along and gave it a completely new life. The song climbed all the way to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing its original peak of No. 9.

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