Ewing, Sarah (October 16, 2015). "Verne Troyer: my family values". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited . Retrieved April 22, 2018. [ permanent dead link] CNN.com - Mini-Me: From stunt double to popular clone - July 30, 2002". CNN . Retrieved April 22, 2018. Verne Troyer's death ruled as suicide". The Guardian. London, England. Associated Press. October 10, 2018 . Retrieved October 10, 2018. I hate the character Mini-Me – the replica, the biddable pet, the victim of violence made to appear funny. But I was moved and saddened to hear of Verne Troyer’s passing and to learn more about his struggles. I am thinking of those who knew and loved him, those he knew and loved, those who now have an empty space in their life. It should not take the death of a member of the dwarfism community to prompt a sincere and meaningful discussion about the prejudice and discrimination many dwarf and disabled people face in their everyday lives. But it is a discussion we really need to have.

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He also said: “All my family is average-sized, apart from me. I didn’t really think about my size until I got older, a few years before high school. It had never really fazed me that much.”His parents, he said, taught him “to be optimistic and independent. They made me feel that I could do anything I set my mind to, which has really helped me. They didn’t make allowances for me because of my height. I had to do everything my brother and sister had to do.” Despite his small size, Mini-Me is a powerful and effective fighter, once giving Austin a considerable thrashing until the spy took advantage of his small size and flushed him out into space through a toilet. Despite being a clone of Dr. Evil, Mini-Me is shown to be far stronger and tougher than his larger counterpart as seen in Goldmember when they are lifting weights in prison. He was also given a significant beating in Goldmember, in which he was tied in a pillowcase by Austin and slammed through shelves and glass tables, only to stand up without a scratch. At the end of the second film it was shown that he can survive in the vacuum of space without protection. The Troyer family statement added that “Verne was also a fighter when it came to his own battles. Over the years he’s struggled and won, struggled and won, struggled and fought some more, but unfortunately this time was too much.

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Tunison, John (April 21, 2018). "Verne Troyer, Michigan native who starred as Mini-Me, dead at 49". MLive.com . Retrieved April 24, 2018. Bo! In The USA - Cast, Crew and Credits". TV.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018 . Retrieved April 22, 2018. Mini-Me was a character played by Verne Troyer in the second and third Austin Powers films: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember. [1] [2] [3] History [ edit ]Why 'Austin Powers' Changed Its Original Tragic Ending For Mini-Me". Huffington Post. October 4, 2016 . Retrieved April 22, 2018. a b "Verne Troyer biography and filmography - Verne Troyer movies". Tribute . Retrieved April 22, 2018. He first met with Jay Roach to discuss portraying Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series, [12] directed by Roach and starring co-creator Mike Myers, before filming for the series' second film began. Myers was impressed with Troyer's performance, rewriting the script for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) to give Mini-Me more screen time and remove the character's death. [13] Troyer reprised the role three years later in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and collaborated again with Myers on The Love Guru (2008). [10] vernetroyer comments on I am Verne Troyer, AMA!!!". Reddit.com. February 13, 2014 . Retrieved April 11, 2015.

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Troyer, who was 2ft 8in tall, found fame in Mike Myers’ Austin Powers spy spoof movies as Mini-Me, a clone of the villain Dr Evil. The last Austin Powers film, Goldmember, was released in 2002.At one point, in the second film, when he is dealing with his malfunctioning chair, he briefly makes a noise that sounds like "Hey!". Mini-Me was originally designed to be exactly like Dr. Evil in every way, except he was much smarter and stronger (as well as completely mute). He became "the son he never had", which made him start to disrespect Dr. Evil's biological son Scott Evil. a b c d e "Verne Troyer: from Mini-Me to Celebrity Big Brother". The Daily Telegraph. April 22, 2018 . Retrieved April 22, 2018.