Voice Shrek facts

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Alan Rickman was originally chosen to voice Lord Farquaad from Shrek, but he chose instead to play Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.

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Chris Farley was Originally The Voice of Shrek and had recorded 85% of his lines before he passed away.

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1. Chris Farley was suppose to be the voice of Shrek (he was over 80% done with the dialogue before he died)

2. After Myers had completed providing the voice for Shrek, and after an rough cut of the film, he asked to re-record all of his lines in a Scottish accent. It was so good they took $4m worth of animation out and did it again.

3. Chris Farley was supposed to be the voice of Shrek and had finished recording almost all of his lines when he died, and he was replaced with Mike Myers. Later, Myers had to re-record all of his lines when he decided to give Shrek a Scottish accent.

4. Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek, having recorded 80-90% of the dialogue but died right before recording was finished, so Mike Meyer’s took over the role.

5. Mike Myers intially recorded all of his lines for Shrek using his natural voice. When the film was well into production, he asked to re-record all of his lines using a Scottish-accent, and the film's producer allowed this upon hearing his new voice for Shrek.

6. Shrek's voice actor Mike Meyers portrayed Shrek with a Scottish accent because that was how his mother told him stories as a young child.

7. While Eddie Murphy reprised his role as Donkey in the Shrek sequels, Mark Moseley, someone who's also been a sound double for the likes of Patrick Warburton and Robin Williams, voiced Donkey in the video games each based on the Shrek sequels. He also voices Mushu, instead of Eddie, in Mulan II.

8. Chris Farley was suppose to be the voice of Shrek (he was over 80% done with the dialogue before he died)

9. Chris Farley was originally cast to voice Shrek, and had recorded 90% of the film when he passed away.

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The original Hebrew dub of Shrek 2 was banned from Israeli cinemas after singer David D'or, known for his high singing voice, claimed the dub contained a joke about his voice being the result of castration.

Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek - source

Nicolas Cage turned down being the voice of Shrek - source

Chris Farley was supposed to be the voice of Shrek and had over 80% of the voiceovers done, but died before finishing.

Chris Farley was originally cast to voice shrek instead of Mike Meyers. They had recorded a lot of the audio already but had to switch to Mike Meyers after Farley’s death. - source

When did the voice actor of shrek die?

Chris Farley was originally casted for the voice of Shrek. Roughly 90% of his lines were finished before his death. After which they went with Mike Myers and rewrote the script. The original would have been for a more mature audience.

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Chris Farley was originally cast as the voice of Shrek before his death in 1997

Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek, but sadly passed away before filming was completed. Later, Mike Myers went on to become the voice of Shrek.

Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek

Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek, but he died before they finished production. You can listen to some of his recordings here!