Last night, to the general dismay of anyone who's been following the crap-ward trajectory of Mike Myers's work for the past decade, it was announced that the Love Guru star has officially been cast in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII epic, Inglorious Bastards. Following Guru's disastrous $13 million opening weekend, most reasonable people thought they'd finally seen the last of him (at least until the next planned Austin Powers sequel) — but, given Tarantino's reputation for resuscitating careers, could Bastards save Meyers's?

According to Variety, he's playing British general Ed Fenech, "a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders." We consulted the screenplay and we're pleased to report that General Fenech — described as "a [sic] older George Sanders type" (i.e., no fat suit) — appears on only 7 of its 165 pages. The character recruits Lieutenant Archie Hicox (whom Tarantino purportedly wants to be played by Simon Pegg) for "Operation Kino," a plan to assassinate the Nazi high command during the Paris premiere of a German propaganda film. Meyers will have just 29 lines, none of which will provide him the opportunity to use funny voices or be offensive to Hindus. His part pretty much adds up to a small cameo and he should only be on-screen for about five minutes. Will Bastards save his career? No more than Tropic Thunder saved Tom Cruise's.

Mike Myers enlists in 'Bastards' [Variety]

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