Trivia for Shrek
   
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Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek and even recorded 
the dialogue. However, after his death, the role was given to 
fellow Saturday Night Live performer, Mike Myers.

Donkey was modeled after Pericles (aka "Perry"), a real life 
miniature donkey who lives in Barron Park, Palo Alto, 
California. The people from Pacific Data Images/DreamWorks 
did an online search for a donkey to study, and found one right 
in their neighborhood.

Mike Myers actually read opposite his wife Robin when 
recording his lines for the climactic love scene at the end of the 
movie.

There are 36 unique locations in Shrek - more than any other 
computer-animated film.

Computer animation production started on the project on 31 
October 1996 and took more than four and a half years to 
complete.

The principal actors never met each other. All read their parts 
separately, with a reader feeding them the lines.

In the intro, Shrek brushes his teeth and looks at himself in the 
mirror, which then breaks. The same thing happens in Mike 
Myers' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. 

The line "That'll do, Donkey... that'll do" is a reference to a 
similar line in Babe.

In the scene where the princess is fighting with Robin Hood's 
men the action freezes she jumps up, camera whirls around for 
a moment and then the action continues. An obvious reference 
to The Matrix.

When Princess Fiona is transforming near the end of the 
movie, she floats and shoots bolts of light out of her fingers 
and heels. This bears a striking resemblance to the Beast's 
transformation in Beauty and the Beast.

In Yiddish, "Shrek" means monster (from the German for 
"terror" or "fright").

A fairy godmother named Dama Fortuna was originally 
included in the movie, but was cut out in the beginning of the 
movie's production. However, if there is a Shrek sequel in the 
future, Dama Fortuna will be included.

The filmmakers stated that Princess Fiona's martial arts were 
inspired by Jackie Chan, but also, late in the production, by Wo 
ho cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).

This film was the first winner for the inaugural "Best Animated 
Feature Film" category of the Acadamy Awards 2002.

In the fire scene outside of Shrek's house you see the Papa 
bear Comforting the Baby bear... later, in Farquad's castle as 
he is watching the picture of Fiona on the mirror you see the 
Mama bear as a rug skinned and laying on the floor.

When the masked executioner is singing. This is a reference to 
a "Stacker 2" commercial that World Wrestling Federation 
character Kane (who also wears a mask) appears in, singing 
karaoke.

In the scene where Lord Farquaad is in his bed watching the 
clip of Princess Fiona in the mirror, there is a painting on the 
wall behind him. It bears a striking resemblance to Botticelli's 
"Birth of Venus" painting, but with Farquaad in the center, 
standing on the shell where Venus would have been.




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