Antonio Banderas voiced Puss in the Shrek franchise. Banderas said that his initial motivation to voice Puss was that he enjoyed the film Shrek (2001). According to the actor, he was chosen for the role of Puss because of his Spanish accent.
Cute Eyes is a tactic Puss in Boots often employs in an attempt to manipulate someone into doing what he wants. He widens his eyes and dilates his pupils, staring intently at his target, imploring them to trust him and/or voicing his wishes until they are helpless to resist.
Puss in Boots is loosely based on the title character of the fairy tale with the same name. Character designer Tom Hester provided Puss's design, which was based on cats owned by Shrek director Andrew Adamson and effects supervisor Ken Bielenberg.
Prince Charming (simply known as Charming) is the secondary antagonist of DreamWorks' 8th full-length animated feature film Shrek 2 and the main antagonist of DreamWorks' 14th full-length animated feature film Shrek the Third. He is an English-accented prince-to-be with "softy and bouncy" blond hair.
Shrek parodies other fairy tale adaptations, primarily animated Disney films. Shrek premiered at the Mann Village Theatre In Westwood, and was later shown at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, making it the first animated film since Disney's Peter Pan (1953) to be chosen to do so.
While the Rufus Wainwright version of “Hallelujah” plays on the Shrek soundtrack, it's actually John Cale's version that is used in the actual movie. Cale's cover originally appeared on his 1991 album I'm Your Fan, which was his tribute to Cohen.
In the first film, he performed a version of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer" in the film's final scene; in Shrek 2, he performed Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca", along with co-star Antonio Banderas; Murphy performed "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)" for Shrek the Third, once again with Banderas.
Fiona is voiced by actress Cameron Diaz. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo was originally cast as the character until she was fired from the first film with little explanation.
It is said by the Magic Mirror that Fiona likes pina coladas. The song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes then plays in the background as the scene cuts into the next scene. Shrek drinks a martini with an eyeball olive.
In 2004, a new version of "Changes" by Australian artist Butterfly Boucher, featuring Bowie on additional vocals, was recorded for the soundtrack of the animated film Shrek 2.
Fairy Godmother is voiced by comedian and actress Jennifer Saunders, who recorded her role in four days. Saunders provided all of her character's singing, recording two songs for the film.
Inspiration. There is speculation that Lord Farquaad's appearance was inspired by Michael Eisner, the then–CEO of The Walt Disney Company, because of producer Jeffrey Katzenberg's animosity toward his former employer.
As far as we're all concerned, their names are Fiona and Shrek Ogre because they're ogres. Other than that, neither of them ever had a last name mentioned in the movies.
My singing voice isn't bad. I've never had any training, but I used to do quite a bit of singing on screen – I sang a big song in Shrek and used to imitate a lot of singers on French & Saunders. I'm good at imitating singers, rather than actually being a singer myself!
A godmother is a female godparent in the Christian tradition; she is present at the christening of the child and promises to see that the child is raised to be a Christian. She may also offer mentorship and/or claim legal guardianship of the child as her own if needed due to circumstances.
Immigrant Song is a song by Led Zeppelin in Shrek the Third. The song plays when Snow White distracts Steve and Ed with her singing, which sounds peaceful at first as animals start flocking around her.
Cale's "Hallelujah" is featured in the Dreamworks movie Shrek, released in 2001. It underscores a pivotal sequence: Shrek, after misinterpreting a conversation that he overheard between the princess Fiona and the donkey Donkey, coldly hands Fiona off to the wretched man who intends to purchase her as his bride.
Did they change the version of Hallelujah in Shrek?
Although Rufus Wainwright's version of the song "Hallelujah" appeared in the soundtrack album, it was John Cale's version that appeared in the film. Wainwright was an artist for DreamWorks and John Cale was not, thus licensing issues prohibited Cale's version from appearing in the soundtrack album.
Donkey is a fictional character created by William Steig and adapted by DreamWorks Animation for the Shrek franchise. He is voiced primarily by Eddie Murphy.
