More than 20 years after Austin Powers in Goldmember hit theaters, actress Elizabeth Hurley is opening up about why she didn't appear in the beloved franchise's third film.
"When I was offered it, I said to them—and they were the first people who knew, aside from my immediate family—I said, 'Guys, I'm pregnant.' And I was pregnant with my son," Hurley said during a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
"I said, 'So, unless you shoot it literally next week, I don't think I can shoot it,'" she continued, before explaining that initially she was brushed off by the film's executives.
"(They told me) 'Oh, you'll be fine, you're so skinny,'" she explained. "I put on 63 pounds when I was pregnant. I was like: 'No, no, you don't understand. You really have to shoot really soon.' "
