Sports talk with Mike Myers

Hockey fan and star of The Love Guru, in theaters Friday

SN: Your character's name is Guru Pitka. A homage to Coach Ditka?

MYERS: No, Pitka is almost a random name; there's much less thought to this than you think. But I did live in Chicago when Mike Ditka was coaching the Bears. I only went to Soldier Field one time. It was the coldest day of my life, but the atmosphere was unbelievable.

SN: The names in this film are so brilliantly silly: Tugginmypudha, Harenmahkeester, "Le Coq" Grande. Why the change from such complicated, highbrow monikers as Felicity Shagwell and Alotta Pagina?

MYERS: Yeah, I thought I would really change it up this time. You know, my dad was from Liverpool, England, ...

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