Time will tell if any more footage will surface.Ĭhris Farley as Shrek - Lost footage found!-0ĭuring production of the DreamWorks animated movie Shrek, Mike Myers, voice of the titular character, initially recorded all of Shrek's dialogue in his normal voice. The studio had not released any of the audio, and nothing had been heard of it by the public, until the early morning hours of August 5, 2015, when Reddit user Bttfan shared a VimeoPro video uploaded by Dreamworks Development Producer, John Garbett, that was posted in the year 2013, showing a two and a half minute scene from the film's early storyboard reel, featuring Farley's voice. There were talks of having a vocal impersonator brought in to record the remaining lines, but ultimately, fellow SNL cast member Mike Myers was hired and the script was re-written, becoming the Academy Award*-winning film we know and love. Unfortunately, with about 95% of the film's dialogue finished (his role included), Farley died from a drug overdose on December 18, 1997 at the age of 33, still working on the film just a week before his death. Those involved with recording Farley labelled it as one of his best performances. This ogre actually dreamed of becoming a knight'.

You see, young Shrek didn't really want to frighten people. 'It was about a teenage ogre who wasn't all that eager to go into the family business.

According to the Jim Hill Media website, the plot with Farley on board was somewhat different than what ended up on film. It is a little known fact that Saturday Night Live funnyman Chris Farley was the original actor cast as the voice of the title character in the 2001 DreamWorks animated film Shrek.

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