Wayne's World/Trivia

• Enforced Method Acting:
  • Dana Carvey had never heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" before, so he's just pretending to know the words. Also, the actors head-banged so hard they injured their necks.
  • Garth (the character) is also pretending to know the words. His attempted lip-syncing fails.
    • Dana Carvey ad-libbed the question about Bugs Bunny; Myers reaction is real.
• Fake Nationality: Cassandra, who comes from Hong Kong, is played by Tia Carrere, an American actress (born and raised in Hawaii) of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent. Wayne's World 2 also has American actress Drew Barrymore playing Bjergen Kjergen, the Swedish receptionist at WPIG Radio.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Rock musician Meat Loaf plays a nightclub bouncer in the first film.
  • Terry is Beecher from Oz.
• Life Imitates Art: Many guitar stores do have signs telling patrons not to play "Stairway to Heaven", since it's massively overplayed by guitarists who frankly aren't all that good at guitar. The same usually goes for "Smoke On The Water," too.
• The Red Stapler: Wayne's World gave the AMC Pacer the kitsch appeal that makes it a collectable today.
• Revival by Commercialization: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" disappeared from the charts for almost two decades; after the first movie, it was back in the Top 10.
  • Freddie Mercury's then-recent death helped as well.
  • Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" also received a boost in popularity after it was featured in Wayne's World 2.
• Teasing Creator: In 2008, Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey reprized their roles as Wayne and Garth for the MTV Movie awards. In 2011 they once again reprized the roles of Wayne and Garth for a SNL skit during an episode hosted by Dana Carvey. Both times this caused fans of the films to excitedly speculate that a third Wayne's World film is in the works, and both times Mike Meyers has had to go on record as saying that it's not happening.
• Technology Marches On: If Wayne's World were made today, Wayne and Garth would probably be putting the episodes of their show on YouTube rather than broadcasting on a public access television channel.
• Throw It In: The scene with Wayne and Garth talking on the hood of their car was the last scene filmed. Since everyone was tired and just wanted the movie done, they ad-libbed it. Mike Myers' hysterical response to Dana Carvey's question (about whether he found Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played Girl Bunny) was genuine.
• What Could Have Been: Mike Myers wanted Federico Fellini to direct the sequel. Paramount, thinking Myers was joking, quickly squashed that idea.
  • Also, more like a "What Might Not Have Been"; the seen with the cast lip-synching "Bohemian Rhapsody" is one of the movie's most icon scenes. However, the director originally wanted the scene to have something by Guns N' Roses, thinking a more modern group would make for a better scene. While arguing with a director is usually a bad movie for an actor making his first movie, Meyers insisted on the Queen hit, and the scene was saved.