- The word "Shrek" means "monster" in Yiddish. It is said to come from the German word "Schreck", which means "fear" and "fright".
- Cameron Diaz happened to be a martial arts fan when he dubbed Fiona. He was trained in Chinese Kung Fu in order to star in "Charlie's Angels" (2000), so he was paired with the fight between Princess Fiona and Robin Hood. Sometimes I am very self-confident, and I still have Cantonese in my mouth.
- "You're on your way to a smacked bottom" is a special line of Mike Myers. He used this line when he appeared in Madonna's MV "Beautiful Stranger" in the image of Powers Ace.
- At first, Mike Myers dubbed Shrek with his normal accent, but after the screening, he felt that it was not enough, so he re-recorded all the lines in a Scottish accent. It is said that his mother used to have this accent when reading bedtime stories to him.
- Mike Myers’ decision to re-dub Shrek with a Scottish accent caused the crew to spend an extra $4 million.
- At first, Smash Mouth's "All Star" was temporarily used as the opening title, but it was very well reflected in the preview, so the producer kept the song and invited Smash Mouth to sing the ending song "I'm a Believer".
- Eddie Murphy (voicing the donkey) considers the "Shrek" series to be one of the best works he has participated in in his acting career.
- Shrek's line "What are you doing in my swamp!" was temporarily added later, and the location was in the back seat of an extension car.
- In order to design the marshland in the film, Douglas Rogers, the film’s art director, went to the magnolia plantation in Charleston, North Carolina, and was caught up by an alligator.
- Comedy star Chris Farley was originally scheduled to play Shrek and recorded almost all his lines, but he unfortunately died young in 1997 at the age of 33. He and Mike Myers used to be colleagues of "Weekend Night Live."
- Shrek still left a lot of traces of Chris Farley. For example, the action of "Hand Pointer" was often done for Farley's other character, Bennett Brauer.
- Giannian Gilofaro was originally scheduled to voice Princess Fiona, but after Chris Farley died, she was also fired. It is said that she has never received an explanation from anyone.
- In the film, the hiccups of Princess Fiona were added temporarily. Once in the studio, the actress Cameron Diaz who voiced Fiona hiccups after drinking Coca-Cola.
- The dubbing of all the characters in the film is done independently, so the main actors have never acted together. This makes the voice of Lord Farquaad (Lord Farquaad) John Lithgow very regretful.
- In 1991, Steven Spielberg's Ebling Film Company planned to make this movie. At that time, "Shrek" was designed as a hand-drawn animation, and Bill Murray and Steve Martin dubbed Shrek and Donkey respectively.
- The episode "Welcome to Duloc" (sung by the wooden doll) in the film is a parody of Disney's iconic theme song "It's a Small World".
- Before it was released, DreamWorks’ lawyers carefully reviewed "Shrek" because they were worried that the film’s spoof of Disney movies, classic images, and theme parks would annoy the other party and was prosecuted.
- The character Gingy later became Wal-Mart's mascot.
- According to rumors, the character of Lord Farquad, the villain in the film, is based on Disney CEO Michael Dammann Eisner (Michael Dammann Eisner, who was in charge of Disney for 21 years from 1984 to 2005). Katzenberg used to work at Disney. Work is his subordinate.
- "Shrek" became the winner of the first Oscar for the best animated feature film in history, defeating the computer animation "Monster Company" released by Pixar the same year.
- The animation production process of the film started on October 31, 1996, and it took a total of four and a half years to complete.
- The family logo of Lord Farquaad is a blue lowercase f letter, which is similar to the Facebook logo later, but this is just a coincidence.
- Nicholas Cage was once invited to voice Shrek, but he rejected the ugly appearance of this role. Later in 2013 he regretted the decision.
- "Shrek" participated in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival in France, and this is the first American cartoon to be shown in Cannes since "Peter Pan" in 1953.
- Robin Williams was originally scheduled to voice a role in the film, but he had a holiday with DreamWorks CEO Katzenberg (Liang Zi was formed when Katzenberg was working for Disney) and eventually refused to participate in the dubbing.
Shrek behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Shrek: Thank you, thank you very much. I'm here 'til Thursday. Try the veal.
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Donkey: Okay, let me get this straight: you gonna go fight a dragon and rescue a princess just so Farquaad'll give you back your swamp, which you only don't have 'cause he filled it full of freaks in the first place. Is that about right?
Shrek: You know what? Maybe there's a good reason donkeys shouldn't talk.