Before Shrek and his donkey friend, Donkey, fix this whole situation, Shrek finds himself in love with the beautiful princess Fiona, who has a secret of her own - she turns into an ogre every night due to a curse set upon her as a child. Shrek likes to be alone, but Lord Farquaad of Duloc has forced all fairy tale creatures to move away from Duloc - he thinks they’re freaks. Based on William Steig’s 1990 picture book, Shrek follows ogre Shrek as he tries to get hordes of banished fairy tale creatures out of his isolated swamp. DreamWorks did a great job on making the film work on both adult and kids levels - seriously, some of the jokes are pretty dirty.
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If you’ve never seen Shrek, don’t think that it’s just an animated movie for children. Because of the film’s 15th anniversary, I’ve done some digging into the background of Shrek, and boy, were there some casting changes in Shrek over the years. Released in 2001, Shrek introduced the world to an ugly green ogre with a heart of gold and spawned three sequels, a Broadway musical, theme park films, video games, and more. He has since welcomed another son,with model Paige Butcher, which takes his number of children to 10.As I get older, I think of the movies I watched frequently as a child, and Shrek is definitely one of those movies. Over the years that followed, his former partner would state in interviews that Eddie had no contact with his daughter but in 2010, it was reported he was starting to build a relationship with his child. The comedy legend initially denied paternity until a DNA test in 2007 confirmed he was the father. Following his divorce from Nicole Mitchell, The Nutty Professor actor began dating Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who would later go on to give birth to their first and only child together, Angel Iris Murphy Brown. Outside of work, Eddie Murphy has been busy in his personal life too. Prior to taking on the wise-cracking animal, Eddie’s career had come to a bit of a standstill after dominating the big screen throughout the 80s and 90s.Īfter enormous success playing everyone’s favourite donkey, the Trading Places actor continued to voice Shrek’s four-legged companion in the sequels that followed, as well as almost nabbing an Oscar in 2017 for his supporting role in Dreamgirls. One of the most beloved animated characters of all time, Eddie Murphy lending his voice to the role of Donkey turned out to be a wise career move for the Doctor Dolittle star. In 2013, she released her first venture into writing, The Body Book, and in 2020, alongside Katherine Power, she launched an organic wine called Avaline which she regularly features on her Instagram account. While she may have taken a hiatus from movies, Cameron has certainly been keeping busy. In 2015, she married Good Charlotte rocker, Benji Madden and in December 2019, the happy couple welcomed their first child, Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden. She was last seen on the big screen in the 2014 remake of Annie before taking a step back from acting.
Outside of the swamp, the 48-year-old blonde beauty went on to appear in blockbusters such as Gangs of New York, In Her Shoes, My Sister’s Keeper and Bad Teacher.
Though a late addition to the casting, The Holiday actress gave a memorable performance as Shrek’s love, Princess Fiona and went on to lend her voice to all the sequels that followed - including 2007’s Shrek The Third, which also included her ex-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake as the rebellious Artie. But you know, the movie didn’t do anything, so who cares?" I assume because I sound like a man sometimes? I don’t know why. In the years that followed the film’s release, she revealed she is still none the wiser about her dismissal saying: "I was never told why. However, the role became available when Janeane was fired for unknown reasons. The transformative role of Princess Fiona was originally planned to be played by Janeane Garofalo, not the Charlie’s Angels star. Like her castmate Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz almost wasn’t a part of the award-winning Shrek franchise.