Shrek - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Shrek or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Shrek

[jessie]

The "Fairytale" theme that opens the film would become the theme music for DreamWorks Animation.

[richard]

Though Shrek bears a striking whole-body resemblance to the late wrestler Maurice Tillet ("The French Angel"), DreamWorks has neither confirmed or denied the rumor that Shrek was modeled on Tillet.

[wallace]

Gingy the Gingerbread Man mysteriously gets his other leg back in the other Shrek films, after ending up with only one leg in this film.

[frances]

Shrek was adapted into a stage musical in 2008, and was still being performed around the world as of May 2013.

[tammy]

Tom Kenny was going to voice a mugger in the original Chris Farley version. His character was going to insult Shrek's mother, in which Shrek then pulls on the rope the mugger was hanging from and sends him soaring into the night sky.

[norma]

Kathleen Freeman's final feature movie before her death shortly four months later.

[bernice]

The intent with Fiona was to create the most photorealistic CGI depiction of a human. Prior to this, people animated through CGI had a certain stiffness and the facial features remained a little blank. To this end, the animation team brought in a leading Hollywood beautician to tell them how she applied make-up to A-lister stars.

[oscar]

Eddie Murphy's BAFTA nomination for his voiceover performance was the first of its kind.

[michele]

A fairy godmother was originally included in the movie, but was cut out in the beginning of the movie's production. She eventually appeared in Shrek 2 (2004) and would form a lasting impact across the film series (this is the only film that doesn't feature her at all).

[tamara]

An additional scene was storyboarded but never filmed that revealed Lord Farquaad's plan for Duloc. He wanted to turn the entire kingdom into something like a gigantic shopping complex. Another scene planned and scrapped was Fiona getting Shrek and Donkey lost on the way back to Duloc.

[kenneth]

After Shrek manages to rescue Fiona from the castle, Donkey asks Fiona if she thinks Shrek is her true love. Turns out he is, and their kiss at the end of the film breaks her curse.

[liam]

Cameron Diaz, having undergone Kung Fu training during the making of Charlie's Angels (2000), became very physical when recording her kung fu moves for Fiona's fight with Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and at times even broke out into Cantonese.

[cassandra]

Linda Hunt was slated to voice a character, Dama Fortuna in the original Chris Farley version. Her character became the Fairy Godmother, voiced by Jennifer Saunders.

[terry]

You can briefly see the arrows final trajectory before reaching Shrek's butt.

[carl]

Just after release, DreamWorks started work on Shrek 2 (2004).

[kristen]

When Magic Mirror was introducing Fiona one of his lines were "She likes Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain" that was a nod to Cameron's Diaz's movie The Sweetest thing which is the song she sang in the movie with Christina Applegate.