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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 52021" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/beyonce-goldmember-top.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1" alt="Beyonce Austin Powers in Goldmember" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />New Line CinemaTo mark the 20th anniversary of <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/spy-comedies-best-of-all-time/" target="_blank">Austin Powers in Goldmember</a>, and more importantly, the film’s surprise casting of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-tiktok-break-my-soul/" target="_blank">Beyoncé</a> as Foxy Cleopatra, Vulture has cobbled together an oral history of how the pop star’s presence in the <a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/mike-myers-shrek-pentaverate/" target="_blank">Mike Myers</a> comedy transitioned her from pop singer to one of the largest superstars on the planet. While the film didn’t exactly blow the doors off the box office, Beyoncé was a favorite amongst critics who lamented that her character wasn’t given more to do.According to the deep dive, working with Beyoncé was a surreal experience. Not because she was a diva or anything (by all accounts she was surprisingly shy), but because she was a cordial collaborator who wanted to make sure she <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/an-oral-history-of-beyonc-in-austin-powers-goldmember.html" target="_blank">looked “fabulous”</a> as a Black woman in the ’70s. As part of that pursuit, the producers were surprised when she made an uncommon request for an actress, according to an anecdote from makeup artist Kate Biscoe.Via <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/an-oral-history-of-beyonc-in-austin-powers-goldmember.html" target="_blank">Vulture</a>:Keep in mind, Beyoncé made this request in the early 2000s during the heyday of Maxim magazine and super-thin actresses and socialites. She was bucking a pretty significant and unhealthy trend, and it clearly didn’t harm her career one bit.(Via <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/an-oral-history-of-beyonc-in-austin-powers-goldmember.html" target="_blank">Vulture</a>)<a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/beyonce-austin-powers-goldmembers-poster-too-skinny/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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