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May 18, 2021 · Kevin Polowy. · Senior Correspondent, Yahoo Entertainment. May 18, 2021 · 2 min read. 13. Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek. Aside from an unbilled cameo in the Norm Macdonald...
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Aug 6, 2015 · Some newly surfaced footage finally gives us a glimpse of the alternate universe where Chris Farley went on to play Shrek. Before he passed away in December of 1997, two projects in development...
- Chris Farley Was at The Height of His Career
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- Farley's Take on Shrek
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That distinction goes to another SNL veteran, Chris Farley. In the mid-1990s, you’d be hard-pressed to find many actors funnier than Farley. Following his popular run on the skit comedy series, Farley was quickly becoming a leading man in Hollywood, thanks to the 1995 hit, Tommy Boy. With his career’s upward momentum continuing, Farley was cast as ...
In the 1990s, Mike Myers was just as popular as Farley thanks to his stint on SNL and the Wayne’s World phenomenon. At the end of the decade, he would strike gold again with the Austin Powers films. His turn as Shrek was one more in a long string of successes. In Shrek, Myers gave us an ogre who could be loud, cranky, crass, and childish. The choic...
Chris Farley’s take seemed like the opposite of Myers'. With his version of Shrek, we would have gotten an ogre who was more innocent and vulnerable. We would have gotten a Shrek who was more like the real Chris Farley. The Chris Farley audiences got to know on Saturday Night Live and in the movies, and the Chris Farley in real life could, at times...
In the leaked clip of Farley as Shrek that appeared on YouTube the same year, it’s easy to see what Kevin Farley meant. Chris Farley plays his Shrek against type. He wasn’t the boisterous, over-the-top comedian that we knew and loved so well. The physical antics that were a staple of his work couldn’t be relied upon. All Farley had to depend on was...
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Apr 21, 2021 · Hegedus: During that time, Chris Farley was scheduled to play Shrek. Chris Farley was a heavy guy with a big neck and all that was exaggerated in the character: the big head, the big neck, double ...
Steven Spielberg had thought about making a traditionally animated film adaptation of the book before, when he bought the rights to the book in 1991 before the founding of DreamWorks, where Bill Murray would play Shrek and Steve Martin would play Donkey.
‘Shrek’ casting director Leslee Feldman tells The Messenger that Chris Farley ‘was just perfect’ for the starring role before his death at 33 on Dec. 18, 1997.
May 18, 2021 · Shrek became a signature character for DreamWorks, said Jerry Beck, an animation historian, and defined the kind of films the studio would go on to make: offbeat stories that, unlike Disney fairy ...
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