Mike Myers threatened to quit the production of Wayne's World if the studio forced him to use a Guns N' Roses song instead of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody for the legendary car headbanging scene.

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Mike Myers threatened to quit the production of Wayne's World if the studio forced him to use a Guns N' Roses song instead of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody for the legendary car headbanging scene. The studio desperately wanted a cheaper, more contemporary track, but Myers stubbornly stood his ground, leveraging his entire career on a six-minute operatic rock anthem from the seventies. His obnoxious diva moment actually paid off, single-handedly resurrecting Queen’s popularity in the United States and creating one of the most culturally defining cinematic moments of the nineties. It is a rare, beautiful instance where a comedian throwing a massive temper tantrum in a boardroom actually made the world a marginally better place, though it did ensure that no one will ever be able to sit in a moving hatchback without aggressively bobbing their head when that piano intro starts playing