0:00:03 > 0:00:07Once upon a time, in a land far far away,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10there was a princess who was locked away in a tower,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13awaiting her good knight.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16To save her, he must travel through treacherous lands
0:00:16 > 0:00:19to give her true love's first kiss.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23This good knight was...an ogre?!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I'm not going to apologise for acting like one.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Meet Hollywood's most unlikely hero.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- I said, "What's it called?" And he said...- Shrek.- Shrek!?
0:00:36 > 0:00:37"That's a really bad title!"
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- Star of the blockbuster hit that has graced us with... - SHREK FARTS
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- It's flavour! - SHE LAUGHS
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- ..heartfelt stories... - Do you love this woman?- Yes.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50# Then you got to, got to got to try a little tenderness. #
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Chicks love that romantic crap. - All right, cut it out!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- ..and iconic animated characters. - Argh!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I do a voice for him that is very breathy.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Ogre Fiona has always spoke to me.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02SHE BURPS
0:01:02 > 0:01:04At the core of it, I'm always thinking, "Jackass."
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Waiter, how about a bowl for the steed?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09But, it wasn't always a fairytale.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I think it was constantly in jeopardy.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Chris Farley began as Shrek
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and, of course, passed away so tragically.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Brace yourselves for a journey into the weird and wonderful world
0:01:20 > 0:01:22of the one and only Shrek.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25The audience for the first 10 minutes of that film
0:01:25 > 0:01:27were genuinely shocked.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Does that sound good to you?- Uh...
0:01:30 > 0:01:31No, not really, no.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Hollywood -home of handsome film stars like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and Shrek?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Yes, this is the incredible tale of how one of the world's
0:01:48 > 0:01:53highest grossing movie franchises was inspired by a fat, ugly,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58grumpy Scottish monster. I don't like the way we've got "grumpy" and "Scottish" together there.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Anyway, tonight, we are going to discover what ingredients
0:02:01 > 0:02:05make this vermin-filled fairytale the success it is today.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Oh, you had me at vermin-filled.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Now, we all know the story of Shrek.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12But, if you don't, here's a quick reminder.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I said a quick reminder!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22So, there's this ogre called Shrek who met a talking donkey called...
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- well, Donkey... - That's right, fool!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27..who, by the way, had a beautiful singing voice.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30# Ain't no stopping us now. # Woo!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Together, they rescued a princess called Fiona...
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Put me down!- ..who it turns out was an ogre too.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Shrek and Fiona fell in love and got married.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Oh, and a Donkey mated with a dragon. O-K...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Soon after, we met a fancy feline.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Fear me, if you dear.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Then Shrek got a makeover.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52Shrek and I took some magic potion and, well, now we're sexy!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And Donkey and Puss decided to engage in a little body-swapping.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- PUSS' VOICE:- The time has come to rectify some wrongs.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Indeed. Then Shrek did something silly.- I signed this.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- You should never sign a contract with... - Rumpelstiltskin!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And everything started to get a little weird.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10SHREK: Donkey? Fiona? Puss?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Right, cut it there. OK, and breathe.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Before this is over, I'll need a lot of serious therapy. Look at my eye twitching.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Well, now we're all up to speed, let's find out
0:03:19 > 0:03:22the first thing you need to make a modern-day fairytale -
0:03:22 > 0:03:25a daring animation studio.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Welcome to the house that Shrek built.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31DreamWorks Animation, California.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35This is where the imaginations of producers, writers and animators
0:03:35 > 0:03:38conjured up great hits like Antz, Kung Fu Panda,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Madagascar, Megamind,
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Bee Movie, Monsters vs Aliens,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Over the Hedge, Shark Tale,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46How to Train Your Dragon and Puss In Boots.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Ho! They've been working around the clock.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51But none of this would have been possible
0:03:51 > 0:03:53if not for this big, green, lovable ogre -
0:03:53 > 0:03:56DreamWorks' biggest star.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00It's one of the great Hollywood successes of the last 10 years.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03They created this world but now one had ever seen before.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I thought it was fantastic.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08The Shrek franchise is the shining green jewel in the DreamWorks crown.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11How many films have there been, Mike?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13There's been four!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Next, we need a good story.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18So take some classic fairytales and turn them upside down.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But who's brave enough to do that? Meet the big boss.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I had spent 10 years at Disney, telling conventional fairytales
0:04:25 > 0:04:27and telling them in a very heartfelt
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and conventional way.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33This seemed, to me, to be able to take that world
0:04:33 > 0:04:37and do something that was completely fresh, very unique,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38not done before.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43It's got this wonderful ironic approach to fairytales.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47It's constantly up-ending the romance.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The ogre has fallen in love with the Princess!
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Oh, good Lord... - LAUGHTER
0:04:53 > 0:04:57We were raised with all of those traditional fairytales
0:04:57 > 0:04:59told in a very traditional way.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02And taking them upside down and just looking at them
0:05:02 > 0:05:05from a totally different angle, it was almost like
0:05:05 > 0:05:06revisiting your own youth.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10It kind of expressed all of our frustration, that sort of growing up
0:05:10 > 0:05:12with that nest of lies.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I suggest you freaks cooperate with the new king of Far Far Away.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21The only thing you're ever going to be king of is king of the stupids!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25But the key to success lay in the biggest twist of all.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28One simple conversion of having
0:05:28 > 0:05:31the ogre, who is usually the bad guy, be the hero of the story.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33I think that's a huge move.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I'm an ogre! You know, "Grab your torch and pitchforks!"
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Doesn't that bother you?- Nope.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43The traditionally good characters end up being bad
0:05:43 > 0:05:45and bad characters end up being good.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47No, no, no, no, no!
0:05:47 > 0:05:51You see, ogres don't live happily ever after.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The tyrant should be physically imposing and terrifying,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58but they make him small and ineffectual.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Fiona, my love, we're but a kiss away from our happily ever after.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Now, kiss me! Mmm...
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The princess should be demure
0:06:07 > 0:06:09and fragile.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Instead, you have Fiona.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15We were looking at their stories and saying,
0:06:15 > 0:06:20"How can we change these stories so that they feel new?"
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Geppetto was selling his boy to Farquaad at the very beginning
0:06:25 > 0:06:27for a little bit of money.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Next! What have you got? - This little wooden puppet.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I'm not a puppet. I'm a real boy!
0:06:32 > 0:06:34SLIDING WHISTLE
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Five shillings for the possessed toy. Take it away!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Father, please! Don't let them...
0:06:39 > 0:06:43They're all being thrown out basically of their own stories.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45And they all ended up in Shrek's swamp,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48where he welcomed them with open arms.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51What are you doing in my house?
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Hey!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Maybe not.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Oh, no, no, no! Dead broad off the table!
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Where are we supposed to put her? The bed's taken.- Huh?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04What?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08It almost makes fun of us and our attachment
0:07:08 > 0:07:12to these characters from when we were children.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15What are you doing in my swamp!? HIS VOICE ECHOES
0:07:17 > 0:07:19THEY GASP
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Oh, dear...
0:07:20 > 0:07:23So, time to meet the hero - Shrok.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'm Shrek, you twit.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Argh!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Can't we just settle this over a pint?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- RECORD SCRATCHES - Some hero, eh?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Oh, you were expecting Prince Charming.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Originally, Shrek was, I think, a less likeable character.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43And he had a very clear goal of wanting to be a knight
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and wasn't going to be happy until he was one.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And that was not a Shrek any of us wanted to hang out with.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Ra-a-ar!
0:07:50 > 0:07:52THEY SCREAM
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Shrek is an ogre
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and can have a lot of traits that might be not so likeable.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So, the first thing was to figure out how to make him an ogre
0:08:04 > 0:08:06but make him a guy you could root for.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10And how could you possibly do that?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Insults...- You dense, irritating miniature beast of burden!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- ..assaults... - SHE YELPS
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- ..farting... - HE FARTS
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- ..burping... - HE BURPS
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- ..it's flavour! - SHE LAUGHS
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Em, I think it's the kind of thing kids love, you see.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28You can't beat a good fart gag.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Any kind of food that you don't like, he likes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34He makes candles out of his ear wax.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38He lives in a swamp.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Bad smells good smells to him.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Ha, morning breath.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I know. Isn't it wonderful?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49We loved making him fart and burp and do all that fun stuff,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52but, in the end, you know,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55he becomes someone who opens his heart to the world.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Ogres are like onions.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- HE SNIFFS - They stink?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Yes. No!- They make you cry?- No!
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Leave them out in the sun, they go brown, start sprouting white hairs?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09No! Layers! Onions have layers.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Ogres have layers, onions have layers - you get it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15We both have layers! HE SIGHS
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Oh, you both have layers. Oh...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23You know, not everybody likes onions.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I could relate to that identity problem.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I know I'm supposed to be a villain and a bad guy,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32but I don't feel like one.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Weirdly, as a Canadian, we're sort of
0:09:36 > 0:09:39there next to the United States going, "Hey, guys, wait up!"
0:09:39 > 0:09:41We're not quite England, we're not quite France,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43we're not quite America.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44What's your problem, Shrek?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47What you got against the whole world anyway, huh?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Look! I'm not the one with the problem, OK?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55People take one look at me and go, "Argh! Help, run!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58"A big, stupid ugly ogre."
0:09:58 > 0:10:00HE SIGHS
0:10:00 > 0:10:03They judge me before they even know me.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07He's fearful of change. And I think that that's most of us.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11You know, I think we all kind of come up against the fear of
0:10:11 > 0:10:15making changes in our lives because we get so comfortable as things are.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18He doesn't want to get hurt. And so he tells himself
0:10:18 > 0:10:22at the beginning of the movie that he would prefer to be alone.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26And when he meets people and they're nice, like Donkey and Fiona,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28he doesn't know what to do with it.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- I guess you don't entertain much, do you?- I like my privacy.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I do too. That's another thing we have in common.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I hate it when somebody's in your face,
0:10:37 > 0:10:38you try to give them a hint to leave
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and then there's that big, awkward silence.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Can I stay with you?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- What?- Can I stay with you...please?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Of course!- Really?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- No.- It's going to take a very special lady to melt the heart of this ogre.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10I love the scene where Fiona and Shrek are falling in love.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12And they're blowing up toads together
0:11:12 > 0:11:16and they're kind of like... It's just so endearing.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20You see how these two people show their love for one another
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and I always thought that that was really sweet.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25In seeing Fiona, he learns to love himself.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And I think that that is a great lesson.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31And I think that if you're a little kid and whatever odd situation
0:11:31 > 0:11:35you're in, and everybody as a human is in an odd situation,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37You can relate to that.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Fiona?- Yes, Shrek.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46I... I love you.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Really?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Really, really.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Wow, Shrek, that's quite the bride you have there.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56But fairytale law states quite clearly
0:11:56 > 0:11:59that every princess must come with a curse.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02In this case, by night, she's an ogre.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06And, by day, a beautiful, elegant princess - kind of.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Hi-ya!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Meet Fiona.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Well, Fiona her whole life has been told that she's been locked
0:12:14 > 0:12:19in this tower and she's meant to be saved by her Prince Charming.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25True love's kiss is what's going to release her from this prison
0:12:25 > 0:12:27that she's been in her whole life.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35They have this moment where she prepares herself
0:12:35 > 0:12:39and she's waiting there and she's pretending to be asleep,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43and here's Shrek with his caged face.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45And nothing goes right.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Wake up!- What?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Are you Princess Fiona?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I am.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Awaiting a night so bold as to rescue me.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Oh, that's nice. Now, let's go!
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And he just kind of want to throw her over his shoulder
0:12:59 > 0:13:01and, you know, get her out the window.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05And she has all the ways that she needs it to be done.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08What kind of knight are you?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10One of a kind.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13He has no intention of being her knight in shining armour.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15He just wants his swamp back.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17All the ways that it didn't go right,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19at least the kiss is going to go right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22You know, at least... Nothing went the right way,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26he threw her over his shoulder, he got her out of there and here it is.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27"Let's just do this right."
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Oh, you must know how it goes.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33A princess locked in a tower and beset by a dragon
0:13:33 > 0:13:36is rescued by a brave knight.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And then they share true love's first kiss.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Hmm? With Shrek? You think...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Wait a second. You think that Shrek is your true love?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Well, yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:13:50 > 0:13:53You think Shrek is your true love!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55What is so funny?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58'She realised that life isn't the way that the
0:13:58 > 0:13:59fairytale books told her.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Which is lucky because Fiona isn't exactly a fairytale princess.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05SHE SINGS
0:14:05 > 0:14:07THE BIRD SINGS
0:14:07 > 0:14:10THEY BOTH SING HIGHER
0:14:13 > 0:14:16SHE SINGS AS HIGH AS SHE CAN
0:14:19 > 0:14:23She's definitely feisty. She doesn't take anything from anybody.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Ya-hoo!
0:14:26 > 0:14:27THEY GASP
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Man, that was annoying.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33There's some karate scenes, I don't know if you guys caught those -
0:14:33 > 0:14:35a little kung fu in the trees.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38SHE LAUGHS
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Which was really fun because I was making Charlie's Angels
0:14:41 > 0:14:42for the first film.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I several times came in after having
0:14:50 > 0:14:54done my training for Charlie's Angels to do some of the work
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and I would be in my workout clothes
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and just sweaty and gross.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03And they would be like, could you give us a "hi-yah"?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I was like, "Oh, I got a hi-yah for ya!"
0:15:10 > 0:15:12There is so much insecurity in her as well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15She has so much going on that she doesn't know about quite yet
0:15:15 > 0:15:17that she has to figure out.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Ssh!- Shrek, Shrek!- No, it's OK.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- What did you do with the Princess? - Donkey, ssh. I'm the Princess.- Argh!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- It's me.- God, you ate the Princess!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Can you hear me?- Donkey! - Keep breathing!
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I'll get you out of there. Shrek, Shrek!
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Fiona's journey really is it's not what you look like,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38it's about what you have inside you.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41So that's kind of how Fiona came to be.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45When I was a little girl, a witch cast a spell on me.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Every night, I become this.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51This horrible, ugly beast.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I associate myself closer to the Ogre Fiona
0:15:55 > 0:15:56than I did the Princess Fiona.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Princess Fiona never really made sense to me,
0:15:59 > 0:16:00you know, the human Fiona.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Ogre Fiona has always spoke to me more.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07And I was so happy that that was her true form.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- SHE BURPS - Excuse me.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12'Definitely a family trait, for sure.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- We're quality people! - SHE LAUGHS
0:16:16 > 0:16:20So, we have a hero and a beautiful princess.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Next on the list is a noble steed.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29# Little donkey Little donkey... #
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Just take my wallet, just take my wallet! I'm being ass-napped!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Animal cruelty. Help!
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You need to calm down. I'm your friend.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Donkey likes people...
0:16:40 > 0:16:41This is going to be fun.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44We can stay up late, swapping manly stories and, in the morning,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- I'm making waffles!- Oh!
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- ..is loyal... - Say no more, say no more.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Don't worry about a thing. I will always be here to make sure nobody bothers you.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Donkey's not afraid to say he needs people.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Shrek's hurt.- Shrek's hurt? Shrek's hurt!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Oh, no, Shrek's going to die. - Donkey, I'm OK.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Oh, you can't do this to me, Shrek. I'm too young for you to die.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Keep your legs elevated. Does anyone know the Heimlich? - Donkey! Calm down.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10You know, he's lovable.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Yeah. Oh...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Man, I'd really love to stay, but I'm an asthmatic
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and I don't know it it'll work out you blowing smoke rings and stuff.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Shrek! Ooft!
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Shrek loves that about him
0:17:23 > 0:17:28and learns to love himself through seeing Donkey as well -
0:17:28 > 0:17:30just how free he is.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Look, you love this woman, don't you?- Yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- You want to hold her?- Yes. - Please her?- Yes!
0:17:35 > 0:17:36# Then you got to got to got to
0:17:36 > 0:17:40# Try a little tenderness. # The chicks love that romantic crap.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41All right, cut it out!
0:17:41 > 0:17:46He's the one poking at him to change, to embrace this other.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48"Come to the light side."
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Come on, lazybones! It's time to get moving.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Argh! You know, you really need to get yourself a pair of jammies!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58What's really cool about the donkey's character,
0:17:58 > 0:18:04he is the jackass, but he is always the voice of reason in the movie.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06He always helps them get it together.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'm just so darn bored!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Well, find a way to entertain yourself.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12DONKEY SIGHS
0:18:12 > 0:18:14The annoying "pop!"
0:18:14 > 0:18:19I just, I don't know. It won Donkey over for me.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Pop!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Pop!
0:18:25 > 0:18:30- Pop!- Oh! For five minutes,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32could you not be yourself?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35The Eddie Murphy casting was interesting
0:18:35 > 0:18:37because he basically just plays himself.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I love Donkey. I love him because you can hear Eddie Murphy.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Oh, man. I can't feel my toes! I don't have any toes!
0:18:46 > 0:18:50I think I need a hug.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm playing a donkey, so I said I have to be a jackass.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57So always at the core of it, I'm always thinking, "Jackass."
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Any line, I'm thinking, "You are a jackass while you are doing this.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02"You have to do this like a jackass."
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You're a mean, green fighting machine.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06We'll scare anybody that crosses us.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10What? Ha ha! I know you're not talking about our swamp.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I'm already starting to feel nauseous from memories of wedgies.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I'm focused four movies through.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20Never once do you sit and watch and go, "He's not like a jackass."
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Each time I say something, you turn and say, "He's a jackass."
0:19:23 > 0:19:27But acting like a jackass isn't the only talent Eddie Murphy possesses.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Listen to this.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32# My girl wants to party all the time...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Yes! Eddie's illustrious pop career included songs like this 1985 hit.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- What was it called? - # Party all the time...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Party All The Time, thanks Eddie.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45He's not the most willing singer in the world.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It would take him a while to kind of warm-up to it.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50We'd have to have a couple of really good sessions
0:19:50 > 0:19:52and then he'd say, "OK, I'll do it. I'll sing."
0:19:52 > 0:19:56# On the road again # Sing it with me, Shrek!
0:19:56 > 0:19:58# I can't wait to get on the road again...
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- What did I say about singing? - Well, can I whistle?- No.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Well, can I hum it?- All right.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08On The Road Again was kind of the beginning of it for him.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10He might have just ad-libbed that.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13So I think he kind of did himself in on the singing thing.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16So, if he had to sing a lot over the course of four movies,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19it's sort of his fault because he started it.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21# Come what may
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- # Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you # - Where am I? What's happening?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Quiet down there! Oh, I hate this song.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Ow!
0:20:29 > 0:20:30# But I made up my mind
0:20:30 > 0:20:33# I'm keeping my baby... #
0:20:33 > 0:20:36When he's pulling that cart, here's the cart radio.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37So we change channels on Donkey.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40We tried to get as many songs out of Eddie as we could.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45# No matter what they take from me,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49# They can't take away my dignity... #
0:20:49 > 0:20:52They're making him drag it, and pull the...
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Like any donkey would have to, he's got to pull the wagon.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59But, as he can talk, they're whipping him and making him sing.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Argh! # Hit me with you're best shot... #
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I think he thought we were messing with him. He's like, "Another song?"
0:21:05 > 0:21:10So, let's have a quick rundown of Donkey's top tunes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16# All by myself
0:21:16 > 0:21:18# Any more... #
0:21:23 > 0:21:28# She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain
0:21:28 > 0:21:33# She'll make you live her crazy life, but she'll take away your pain
0:21:33 > 0:21:36# Like a bullet to your brain
0:21:36 > 0:21:39# Upside inside out
0:21:39 > 0:21:41# Livin' la vida loca... #
0:21:41 > 0:21:44And it's over to Mike for our number one.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I will say that my favourite Donkey song is I'm A Believer.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Thanks, Mike.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58# Not a trace
0:21:58 > 0:22:01# Of doubt in my mind
0:22:01 > 0:22:04# I'm in love, ooh
0:22:04 > 0:22:08# I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried... #
0:22:08 > 0:22:12And Donkey wasn't only one belting out the ballads.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14CLICKS FINGERS
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Ladies and gentlemen... APPLAUSE
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I had Holding Out for a Hero,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24which just terrified me, the idea of singing that.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27# Where the mountains meet the heavens above
0:22:27 > 0:22:30# And where the lightning splits the sea... #
0:22:32 > 0:22:34A lot of editing went into that song.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38They'd literally go, "Yes, we think that word was in tune.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39"Let's try the next word."
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- And then we've got... - # But you got a have friends #
0:22:42 > 0:22:44STOP SINGING!
0:22:44 > 0:22:45All right, chill out.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Now, you don't find product placement and movie references
0:22:48 > 0:22:50in your average fairytale,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53but, as we all know, Shrek is no average fairytale.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58The whole thing is basically America in fairytale form
0:22:58 > 0:23:00in the Middle Ages.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02It has so many different levels of in-jokes.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Yes, there's the in-jokes of Hans Christian Andersen stories,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07but there's also in-jokes
0:23:07 > 0:23:09if you work within the Hollywood film industry.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12# Check it out. #
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Look! They even have their own sign.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Wow!
0:23:19 > 0:23:25It was fun, you know, coming up with the signage for Far Far Away.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It presents a really interesting picture
0:23:28 > 0:23:31of Hollywood, among other things.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It's going to be champagne wishes and caviar dreams from now on!
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Hey, good looking! We'll be back to pick you up later.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47It makes Hollywood look so ridiculous.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49The whole thing is, you know,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53a parallel to this hedonistic beauty-obsessed world.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Hey, ladies. Nice day for a parade, huh?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58You're working that hat.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03You half expect to see Paris Hilton
0:24:03 > 0:24:06walking up and down, around Beverly Hills.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It really does feel like contemporary Los Angeles
0:24:09 > 0:24:11full of it-girls and bimbos.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Then I was like, "I'd rather get the black plague and lock myself in an iron maiden
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- "than go out with you."- Totally.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- Pardon me.- Totally ew-eth! - Yeah, totally.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23If you just took the time to look in the background of almost any shot,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25there would some reference
0:24:25 > 0:24:27to something that would strike as familiar.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The mediaeval version of that, you know.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32The mediaeval version of a Starbucks.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35No, no. You great stupid pastry!
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Come on!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Now, in case you haven't noticed,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49this is not the only use of mediaeval product placement.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53But, due to BBC regulations, you'll have to work them out yourselves.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55There's that famous burger chain.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58If you look closely, somewhere you can buy your ice cream from.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00A high street fashion retailer.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03And a place to get your trainers.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And the place where... um, well, you get the idea.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Everything that is in Rodeo Drive is in our Rodeo Drive too.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Versace shop, everything.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15BBC, it was Rupert who said that, not me.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17And, if you look really carefully,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20you may even spot one - or hundreds - of movie tributes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22There are probably way more
0:25:22 > 0:25:26film references in the movies than people know.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31I love the satire in it. And the film parodies, really.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34You obviously remember the Matrix one really well.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Did you also notice The Little Mermaid,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44The Lord of the Rings,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Spiderman,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47and Zorro?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Over to you, Antonio.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54He just carves a P on a tree, so from the beginning, there was
0:25:54 > 0:25:59that kind of wink of an eye to a character that I already did,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03which actually gave me great possibility to laughing.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06They're more like homage.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10We're showing our love of other films.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Like Rumpelstiltskin, as he goes round the table yelling at witches,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17it's really obscure, but it was Robert De Niro moment where he played
0:26:17 > 0:26:20the gangster in The Untouchables, where he walks around the table
0:26:20 > 0:26:24and everyone's very nervous and then he beats a guy with a baseball bat.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27In ours, Rumpelstiltskin splashes water in the witch's face and she melts.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Does anyone care to tell me what it's going to take
0:26:30 > 0:26:32to get this ogre? You!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Faster brooms?- No!- Pointier hats?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- No. You?- Maybe we could hire a professional bounty hunter?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39No!
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Argh! What a world, what a world!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Hmm. You know, actually not a bad idea.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48The fairy godmother gets this moment.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I only saw it... You see it when you see the film.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53You record the song, but then you see the film
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and think, "That's so clever."
0:26:55 > 0:26:58It's the kind of Fabulous Baker Boys moment when she's on the piano.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01# Late at night, I toss and I turn
0:27:01 > 0:27:05# And I dream of what I need #
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Michelle Pfeiffer, keep your heart out.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It was a movie made by movie nerds.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Yeah, I guess there is a film geekish approach to that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Obviously we love movies - we work on them.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17There were just really appropriate times to do it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And here's one Tom Cruise would be proud of.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34No, it's not Top Gun.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38So, we've got a slob for a hero, a tomboy for a princess
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and a donkey that won't shut up.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43And we haven't even met the bad guys yet.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45EVIL LAUGHTER
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Looks like you got exactly what you wanted!
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Oh, I'm scared.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Excuse me. SHE SHRIEKS
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I wonder who Mike rates as his favourite?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Do I have a favourite villain? Um...
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I think... I think...
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I don't know, then somebody's not my favourite, right?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09See what I just did? I just did the math of that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12They're all my favourite. All of the villains are my favourite.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15If you're going to be like that, Mike, let's see them all.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I am Lord Farquaad.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Like all fascist dictators, he has this thing about perfection.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Mirror, mirror on the wall,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Well, technically you're not a king.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Uh, Polonius?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35You were saying?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38He has this furious Napoleon complex.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I'm not sure whether, to them,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43it was an important joke that
0:28:43 > 0:28:47a famously tall man was playing a tiny little tyrant,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49but it was a big joke to me.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52HE LAUGHS
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Huh-hem!
0:28:55 > 0:29:00From tiny tyrants, we go to Mafioso matriarchs.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01She's her own Mafia, in a way,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04because she works for herself.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07We need to talk.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Oh, hello. Ha-ha!
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Somebody, bring me something deep-fried
0:29:13 > 0:29:15and smothered in chocolate.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20She's so emotionally unfulfilled that food fills that space.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25You force me to do something I really don't want to do.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Where are we?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Hi, there. Welcome to Friar's Fat Boy. May I take your order?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34My diet is ruined! I hope you're happy.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39That's a twist on Godfather, and godmother, and so, yeah, she's the
0:29:39 > 0:29:44scary Don Corleone of the fairytale world.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47She's just a pushy mum, you know.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52She just wants that useless son of hers
0:29:52 > 0:29:56to do better, to marry better, to be more like her.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00He will rue the very day he stole my kingdom from me!
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Oh, put it away, junior. You're still going to be king.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06She wants him to be everything,
0:30:06 > 0:30:10but she's, I suppose, emasculated him
0:30:10 > 0:30:13by over-mothering as well.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16We have to go. I need to do Charming's hair before the ball.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20He's hopeless. You know, he's all high in the front. He can never get to the back.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- You always need someone to do the back.- Oh, thank you, Mother.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Yes, that mummy's boy is our next villain.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Meet Prince charming. No, not that one.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Prince charming is vain.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Semi-talented, spoilt...
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Not my fault. Whiny.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Do you mind?
0:30:39 > 0:30:45He represents one facet, if you like, of the Hollywood celebrity.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50He thinks he deserves much more out of his career than he is actually getting.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56I am the rightful king of Far Far Away.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01And I promise you this, Mother. I will restore dignity to my throne.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06It's very easy for an actor working in Hollywood, me, for example, to relate to.
0:31:06 > 0:31:12- Is that glitter on your lips? - Cherry flavoured. Want a taste?
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- What is with you? - But, Muffin Cake...
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Playing a baddie is always fun because they do funny things or they have a good bit of action.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24What you look for as an actor is a piece of action that is memorable.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28It's great fun playing a baddie. There's just one catch.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32I've done lots of villains in my career, and they all end badly.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36I will have order, I will have perfection, I will have...
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Well, in Shrek I was eaten by a dragon.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It doesn't get better than that.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48When you're out, no, it's very depressing, really.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Mummy.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56But that's life.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I was so disappointed when I read the script that she was going to die.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06"Come on, surely she's magic. Surely she'll come back."
0:32:06 > 0:32:10So I made them record me saying the line, "I'll be back."
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Well, she wasn't. Sorry, Jennifer.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16So, there's only one dastardly deed doer left.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Hello, people, it is I, Rumpelstiltskin.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22We wanted someone to contrast with previous villains.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26They were so great. We said, "How do we compete with those villains?"
0:32:26 > 0:32:29And they were all kind of proper and sophisticated.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33So how do we compete with that? Well, we did the opposite with the last guy,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37and made him kind of ratty and trashy and a little lowbrow.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Rumpelstiltskin is more of the, he's like a used car salesman.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45He's like a scummy lawyer.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49As you can see, everything's in order.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52So you'll put an end to our daughter's curse?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56And in return you sign the Kingdom of Far Far Away over to me.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03And the big deal for DreamWorks was to get the right voice for the most scheming villain ever.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06We were supposed to have this really big movie star. We won't say their name.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Ah, sir.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11I said, "So he's Rumpelstiltskin."
0:33:11 > 0:33:14You're going to have to pay for that.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- Maybe we could make a deal for it, little boy.- Oh, I'm not a real boy.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Do you wanna be?
0:33:20 > 0:33:22When I saw the movie I was like, "Who the hell was that?"
0:33:22 > 0:33:25He was...
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Walt Dohrn?!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30"Who the hell is that?"
0:33:30 > 0:33:32That was the big joke.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37You've seen the posters. "Myers, Murphy, Diaz, Banderas, Dohrn?"
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Nice.
0:33:38 > 0:33:44Yes, Walt was the storyboard artist who amazed everyone with his hidden vocal talents.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49- And the rest is history. - Rumpelstiltskin!
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I started working closely with the director
0:33:51 > 0:33:55and developing this character, how he may sound, how he may look.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I started writing jokes for him.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It just developed from there.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Wolfie, my angry wig.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Walt struck gold. Walt got the good one, yeah, he did.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11But it's only because he did such a fantastic job.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12He shouldn't have done it so well.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17It's pretty mind-boggling that I got to do a role of that weight.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21He's my favourite character in the picture. He really did a good job.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24How's that for a metaphysical paradox?
0:34:24 > 0:34:29And to keep Walt's superstar feet on the ground, the producers had other ideas in mind.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Walt had done scratch track.- Whoa!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34For those of you that don't know,
0:34:34 > 0:34:39a scratch track is a temporary voice recording used to aid animation in the early stages.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Glad that's cleared up.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Walt had done scratch track for almost every character in the film,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46including the little tour guide.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49So we took those from him because we thought it was too much.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53This lovable lug taught us you don't have to change your undies to change the world.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I replaced his tour. I tried to sound like him cos he's such a funny guy.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58It wasn't as funny as how he did it.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01But we kept his little sign that says walk.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06Walt Dohrn wasn't the only member of DreamWorks to lend their voice to the films.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Magic Mirror, it's over to you.
0:35:08 > 0:35:14It's time for you to match that voice. Our first voice is Gingy.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Fire up the ovens, Muffin Man.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21Is it number one, number two, or number three?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23It's Me.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- Our second voice is Butter Pants. - Yeah, there are.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Is it number one, or number three?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34It's me.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Our third voice is the Big Bad Wolf.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Oh, boy!
0:35:39 > 0:35:40Is it number...?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That's far too easy, but take it away, Aaron.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45I did the wolf.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- You could sound a bit more excited! - What?
0:35:48 > 0:35:54And now to the most important ingredient of all. Make 'em laugh!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56I think the main appeal of Shrek
0:35:56 > 0:36:01and all the Shrek films is the humour, actually, is the cheekiness.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03It's a thong.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07I think that the writers and the film makers and the animators
0:36:07 > 0:36:12have done a really good job of having it be he who pleases everyone pleases everyone.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Listen, if we need an expert on licking ourselves, we'll give you a call.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18I always thought it was...
0:36:18 > 0:36:25It was the closest America ever came to creating that amazing phenomenon of the British pantomime.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- I hate dinner theatre.- Me too.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34They write real people, real comedy.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Blue flower, red thorns. This would be easier if I wasn't colour blind!
0:36:38 > 0:36:40It's quite sophisticated comedy, I think.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Which I think means he has a really... Ow!
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Parents don't get numbed, their brains don't go numb
0:36:46 > 0:36:49from watching just a child's film.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52You have to take me to dinner first.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Our rule was, if it's really funny, put it in there.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58If it's mildly funny, forget it, it's not worth it.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Hey, that is unwanted physical contact.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04And so suddenly we weren't doing Disney comedy,
0:37:04 > 0:37:08we were kind of free to be what we wanted to be.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12How many fart jokes, how many ass jokes?
0:37:12 > 0:37:13No-one likes a kiss ass.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18We didn't count, but we were really conscious of overdoing that kind of thing.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22You got to warn somebody before you crack one off. My mouth was open.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26We had to just go really far in pitching the humour back and forth.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29For instance, when Shrek sees the size of Duloc
0:37:29 > 0:37:31and makes a comment on the size.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36So, that must be Lord Farquaad's castle.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38That's the place.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Right, that one's borderline, walking right on the edge.
0:37:45 > 0:37:51"Is he compensating for something?" But it seemed pretty harmless.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Another one was when Robin Hood meets Fiona.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Conrad was storyboarding that sequence
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and he came up with all of these awful pick-up lines.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04"What is your dress made of, is it felt?" And she said, "No."
0:38:04 > 0:38:06"Would you like it to be?"
0:38:06 > 0:38:12I'm sure not only were we on the edge. We crossed it with great pride on many, many occasions.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16I had started to work on a scene that a storyboard artist took over
0:38:16 > 0:38:21where one of the fairytale characters is interrogated.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24And I look at the boards when they're done
0:38:24 > 0:38:28and I see that the Gingerbread Man says, "Eat me."
0:38:28 > 0:38:32And I was like, "We can't really say that, can we?"
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Now tell me, where are the others?- Eat me!
0:38:35 > 0:38:39I really thought that at the end, Jeffrey Katzenberg would say,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43"Guys, I love what you did but this, this and this has to go.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48"But everything else is going to be great." But no, they kept everything.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52And of course, that was the start of one of the great Shrek comedy moments,
0:38:52 > 0:38:54the Muffin Man scene.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Do you know the Muffin Man? - The Muffin Man?
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- The Muffin Man.- Yes, I know the Muffin Man, who lives on Drury Lane?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Well, she's married to the Muffin Man.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- The Muffin Man?- The Muffin Man!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11I definitely drew on my childhood for that.
0:39:11 > 0:39:17I remember having, when I was six years old, a little TV.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19And you put a film strip in with a little record.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23And on one side it had the Gingerbread Man, the story of the Gingerbread Man.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27On the other side and on another film strip it had the Muffin Man.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29So all I remember when I was sitting here saying,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31"What do I know about the Gingerbread Man?
0:39:31 > 0:39:35"Well, I know that I used to have a toy with a record.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38"They sang the Muffin Man on the other side." I remembered the lyrics.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41SINGING
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Yes, I know the Muffin Man. Who lives on Drury Lane?
0:39:50 > 0:39:53You know, it was just great.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55But it wasn't always a barrel of laughs.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Every fairytale quest has its obstacles
0:39:58 > 0:40:01and the making of Shrek was no different.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05I remember, Shrek at the time was the ugly step-sister of the studio.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It was the film that nobody wanted to work on.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11As if somehow we were all being punished for working on that movie.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16It was a very...historically, famously troubled production.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- I think it was constantly in jeopardy.- False starts.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24We put the movie up and went down one path on it, didn't really work.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28We actually tried motion capture on this movie.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Literally a decade before anybody else
0:40:31 > 0:40:33was talking about motion capture.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37So this went through many fits and starts before it got on its feet.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39When I came onto the film,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I don't know how many millions of dollars had been spent already.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45We had a couple of screenings that were fairly disastrous,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49and I think we all looked around, when's the axe going to fall?
0:40:49 > 0:40:53But the true low point happened in the early stages of production.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55The film was originally voiced
0:40:55 > 0:40:58by the American comedy legend Chris Farley.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Very interesting history, because Chris Farley began as Shrek.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06And of course passed away so tragically.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Chris Farley was the quintessential Shrek character.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13That outlandishness and lovability was exactly right
0:41:13 > 0:41:18for what was the tone and voice of the character.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24In between recordings, Chris Farley died on 18th December, 1997.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I don't think it set the movie itself back
0:41:28 > 0:41:31as much as I think it set all of us back.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34He was a wonderful man, and we missed him.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38The replacement was found in his former Saturday Night Live co-star,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40the Shrek we know today, Mike Myers.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44I was at the premiere of Saving Private Ryan.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Jeffrey Katzenberg, he said, you know,
0:41:48 > 0:41:53would you ever be interested in being the lead of an animated movie?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56I said, "What's it called?" And he said, "Shrek."
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- Shrek?! - I said, "Oh, wow.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03"That's a really bad title!" I said it sounds like somebody throwing up.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Not exactly the reaction you want.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08But luckily, Mike became the voice of Shrek.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12They found the perfect voice in Mike Myers.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14In all the first recordings,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17which was for a good part of the filmmaking,
0:42:17 > 0:42:21we actually used Mike's natural voice.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25We'd actually animated just about a third of the movie.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30And I showed him the film, which he completely loved
0:42:30 > 0:42:33and was just so complimentary to the filmmakers
0:42:33 > 0:42:36and enthusiastic about the film.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39He said, "Honestly, the least good thing in this movie is me."
0:42:39 > 0:42:43My mum used to read books to me, children's books.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47And she would do different accents from around the British Isles.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49'I thought, I love Scottish people.'
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Poke out your eyeballs and then they'll put Jell-O inside of it!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Then they'll get a stick and stretch out your nose and snap it back
0:42:56 > 0:42:59and it'll go fu-du-du-du-duh, just like in the cartoons!
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Scottish people are hilarious in that they'll go from,
0:43:03 > 0:43:06"I love you, thank you so much for coming but now GET OUT!"
0:43:06 > 0:43:09They have a great dynamic quality.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Exactly! No!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14It's a fairytale, it's a fairytale accent, I feel.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Are you trying to say Scottish people are like ogres? I know where you live!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21It's not like I wouldn't change if I could.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25He said, would you please, you know, allow me
0:43:25 > 0:43:28to present to you a slightly different take on this.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31And so I re-recorded everything.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Free of charge, I'd like to point out!
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Free? That's a laugh!
0:43:36 > 0:43:41Yes, Mike, you were free. But the reanimating costs, they weren't.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45I thought the initial recordings were an exploration.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Well, not quite.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51I showed it to Spielberg. I didn't tell him any of the circumstances about it,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54I just said, I want to play you two scenes.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56His reaction was like, what, are you kidding?
0:43:56 > 0:43:58This is 100 times better.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Stephen Spielberg wrote me a beautiful letter saying...
0:44:02 > 0:44:06which I framed, which is, "Thank you so much for caring.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09"You're absolutely right, it is better Scottish,
0:44:09 > 0:44:11"it does sort of just fit."
0:44:12 > 0:44:15And with that good Scottish influence, aye,
0:44:15 > 0:44:17things started to look up.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19Suddenly it just started to turn.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21And you could feel it, you could feel it,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24sequence by sequence as the storyboard artists pitched.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28I talked with the director pretty soon before the screening
0:44:28 > 0:44:30when they were almost done with it.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34He said, "It's starting to look like this might be good.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37"Keep your shirt on, you might like it."
0:44:38 > 0:44:41When I saw it for the first time, you know,
0:44:41 > 0:44:43with all the bells and whistles on it,
0:44:43 > 0:44:46I went, wow, this is really, really good.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I still just didn't know.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50We had no idea what it would become.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52There was no preconceived notion,
0:44:52 > 0:44:55there had never been a film like Shrek before Shrek.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58I saw on their video screens what they were up to,
0:44:58 > 0:45:00and it was so jaw-dropping.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03That was the moment when I realised, oh my God,
0:45:03 > 0:45:07this Shrek thing is going to be huge.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09With that optimism, Jeffrey Katzenberg took a risk
0:45:09 > 0:45:11and headed to the Cannes film Festival.
0:45:11 > 0:45:17This was the first animated movie in the Cannes film Festival in 50 years.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Traditionally at the Cannes film Festival,
0:45:19 > 0:45:22it is very much the arthouse movies.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24You know, it's stuff that critics
0:45:24 > 0:45:27like to scratch their chins whilst they're watching.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Sitting in our tuxedos, as you can imagine,
0:45:30 > 0:45:32not the most comfortable thing to wear.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34And the lights go down,
0:45:34 > 0:45:39and you're just watching this guy fart and Shrek is being Shrek.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40I was dying.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44Honestly, I just felt myself sinking in my seat as around me...
0:45:44 > 0:45:47it was like, oh my God, I'm dying a slow death.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Because nobody was laughing at anything.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53I was like, oh God, this is not going to end well.
0:45:53 > 0:45:54This was such a bad decision.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58And I could feel beads of sweat breaking out on my forehead.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Until the laughs started.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06I saw it in the Cannes film Festival. And it blew my mind away.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09They gave the movie a standing ovation for literally,
0:46:09 > 0:46:1110, 12 minutes, it just went on and on and on.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15So, with a good story in place, all you need now is a happy audience.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17DreamWorks's wishes came true.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Shrek became one of the biggest films of 2001.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25I think it made, like, 480 million worldwide.
0:46:25 > 0:46:26When Shrek came out,
0:46:26 > 0:46:29it really took a lot of people by surprise.
0:46:29 > 0:46:36I think that they have in total made 3 billion at the box office.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38And then came the gold rush.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41The first Shrek movie went on to win the very first ever
0:46:41 > 0:46:46Academy award for animation which was very, very exciting for our company.
0:46:46 > 0:46:51I couldn't have dreamt something as big as this, you know.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54It's a massive accomplishment for DreamWorks.
0:46:54 > 0:46:58People didn't want to work or have anything to do with us, then there we were.
0:46:58 > 0:47:04My name's on the Oscar, but it's there representing 350 people.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09- And a lot of incredible talent. - Feel good?- Yeah, it feels cool.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12To have been in the very first one,
0:47:12 > 0:47:14the one that created the template,
0:47:14 > 0:47:16that's a source of great pride for me.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Everything about this movie was a miracle movie.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Who'd have thought all this success
0:47:21 > 0:47:24would have come from an unassuming 32 page book?
0:47:24 > 0:47:28The original Shrek story was written in 1990 by William Steig,
0:47:28 > 0:47:29at the ripe old age of 82,
0:47:29 > 0:47:33proving that when it comes to fairy tales, there is no age limit.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Boom, that's what I like to hear!
0:47:35 > 0:47:39So Shrek had fought off a dragon, rescued a princess
0:47:39 > 0:47:40and thwarted a tyrant.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44But nothing could prepare him for what he would face next.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Yep, it's time to meet the in-laws.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Who on earth are they?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52I think that's our little girl.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56We got to take a journey with these characters from the beginning,
0:47:56 > 0:48:01when they fall in love, to the building of their family,
0:48:01 > 0:48:04this sort of, "What have I done",
0:48:04 > 0:48:08which I think most people who build a family do after a few years.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12And it looked like Shrek was wondering what he'd done
0:48:12 > 0:48:14during this civilised family dinner.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17So, I suppose any grandchildren I could expect from you would be...
0:48:17 > 0:48:23- Ogres, yes.- Not that that anything wrong with that. Right, Harold?
0:48:23 > 0:48:24Oh, no! No, of course not!
0:48:24 > 0:48:28- That is assuming you don't eat your own young.- Dad!
0:48:28 > 0:48:33It's a kind of typical sitcom mum and dad, but they happen to be
0:48:33 > 0:48:38king and queen, meeting, you know, boyfriend for first time.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39Happens to be an ogre.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42It's so nice to have the family together for dinner.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47The stories, the messages, the lessons that are...
0:48:47 > 0:48:51that Shrek and Fiona and Donkey are learning,
0:48:51 > 0:48:55those are relative to everyone's life.
0:48:55 > 0:49:00At some point, you know, whether it's just the falling in love,
0:49:00 > 0:49:02or learning about yourself,
0:49:02 > 0:49:06and accepting yourself for who you are, or create a family with someone.
0:49:06 > 0:49:13- You're going to be a father! - Ha ha ha! That's great!
0:49:13 > 0:49:17- I'm going to be an uncle! - And you, my friend, are royally...
0:49:17 > 0:49:18FOGHORN BLASTS
0:49:19 > 0:49:24Shrek had been on a journey of love, friendship, marriage and babies.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28So in his final adventure, what could they throw at him next?
0:49:28 > 0:49:31It was hard to teach Shrek another lesson.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Like I said, he had gone through loving himself,
0:49:34 > 0:49:38accepting himself as a husband and as a father.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42And in this one, it was really about accepting life.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45- BABIES WAIL It's going to be OK.- What's going on?
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Come on, Shrek, your fans are waiting!
0:49:51 > 0:49:53HE ROARS
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Shrek and Fiona had marital problems.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58So we brought in some marriage counsellors.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01We tuned in and listened to what men go through
0:50:01 > 0:50:03during their midlife crisis,
0:50:03 > 0:50:05we heard how the females respond to it.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08And it was really enlightening.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12And at the same time, we also used them for marriage counselling for us.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Me and the producer got along a little better after some of this!
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Unable to deal with his midlife crisis,
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Shrek signed a deal with the devious Rumpelstiltskin.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22You signed it!
0:50:22 > 0:50:24He would have one day to relive his old bachelor ways
0:50:24 > 0:50:27in exchange for one day of his life.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31Little did he know the day he gave away was the day he was born.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Erasing his existence altogether.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37- You don't know who I am, do you?- No.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41My life was perfect, and I'm never going to get it back.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44Why did you sign it away to Rumpelstiltskin in the first place?
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Because I didn't know what I had until it was gone, all right?
0:50:50 > 0:50:54But, with the help of his friends and family, Shrek got his life back.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57It felt like a really good closing chapter for him.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01And it was 10 years of movies, it was a great way for us to kind of
0:51:01 > 0:51:04put the exclamation point on his story, and on his life.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06So is this Shrek's final chapter?
0:51:06 > 0:51:08In the words of James Bond, never say never.
0:51:08 > 0:51:15Right now, I think he is deserving of a great, long, super-duper vacation.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17We don't have any current plans,
0:51:17 > 0:51:20not to say that some years down the road from now,
0:51:20 > 0:51:23we might not find the right story to bring him back.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Aw, it's all happy families.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29But hang on! There's someone we forgotten.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31I hope I'm not interrupting,
0:51:31 > 0:51:35but I'm told you're the one to talk to about an ogre problem?
0:51:35 > 0:51:39Yes, the deadly assassin sent out to kill Shrek.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Now, ye ogre, pray for mercy from...
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Puss! In Boots.
0:51:48 > 0:51:52The first time you see Puss in Boots, I think, is just genius.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56You know, when he rolls up his hat and has big eyes,
0:51:56 > 0:51:59and then he coughs out the hairball.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01HE CHOKES AND COUGHS
0:52:01 > 0:52:03What kind of assassin is this?!
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Hairball.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Oh my God, I literally fell on the floor laughing.
0:52:07 > 0:52:12Literally, fell on the floor laughing. That I literally did.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Oh, that is nasty!
0:52:13 > 0:52:16I do a voice for him that is very breathy,
0:52:16 > 0:52:19and he goes like this, "Puss in Boots!" and all this.
0:52:19 > 0:52:25And there I think is where we found the source of comedy.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- Shrek? - PUSS PURRS
0:52:28 > 0:52:31For you, baby, I could be.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34He's a fantastic comedy character, Puss in Boots.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Anything with Puss in I find hilarious.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40He finds friendship in the group.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43It would be an honour to lay my life on the line for you.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47And he forgets what is his purpose in the movie.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51And he says, well, I may belong here. So he finds a family.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55I don't feel any different. I look any different?
0:52:55 > 0:52:57You still look like an ass to me.
0:52:57 > 0:53:03And Puss, like any red-blooded male, has an eye for the ladies. Meow!
0:53:03 > 0:53:08You're the love of my life. As are you.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11And you, and, er... Ooh! Hi. I don't know you.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13But I'd like to. CATS SCREECH
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Oh, what a womaniser!
0:53:17 > 0:53:23Yeah... Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say a womaniser.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26I wouldn't say that about him.
0:53:26 > 0:53:32But he always has... I would say that he loves, you know, female cats.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37A little bit more than normal.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40And Puss proved such a hit with fans
0:53:40 > 0:53:44he went from sidekick to star in his very own movie.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47The persona of Antonio informed the way we could make a movie.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Pluck him from the Shrek universe,
0:53:50 > 0:53:52but create a very distinct...
0:53:52 > 0:53:54world for just him.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57If he was cute already in the way he is,
0:53:57 > 0:54:00imagine when he was a little kitty cat,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02with a big head and those eyes!
0:54:03 > 0:54:04So funny.
0:54:04 > 0:54:09When you scratch beyond the fur, you find that he's mischievous,
0:54:09 > 0:54:12and he's got this kind of dark side that actually makes us laugh.
0:54:12 > 0:54:17You made the cat angry. You do not want to make the cat angry.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25So, what's the final ingredient for an everlasting fairytale?
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Leave a giant footprint.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I travel all over the world all the time,
0:54:30 > 0:54:33and it's amazing how far it reaches.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37And that people constantly say to me how much they love the film
0:54:37 > 0:54:38and what it means to them.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41I got a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45Mickey Mouse had also gotten a star. And I think The Simpsons.
0:54:45 > 0:54:51It's bigger than my little head can hold sometimes.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Wherever you travel around the world,
0:54:54 > 0:54:57it is one of the most highly admired
0:54:57 > 0:55:00and recognised characters of all time.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03And where exactly do you go from Hollywood?
0:55:03 > 0:55:07- Why, Drury Lane, of course. - Drury Lane? - Sorry, John, we've done that gag.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11We mean the real Drury Lane in London, home of Shrek The Musical.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Shrek The Musical came about via a conversation with Sam Mendes.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17He said, you have the ingredients for a great musical.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20It has a journey, it has a love story, it has a friendship.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24It has a big heroic quest to it.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28And so you should definitely think about making this into a musical.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29We said, OK, if you do it with us.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36It is a character that everybody loves and so much talent
0:55:36 > 0:55:39and creativity has gone into making this character and the story right.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Eddie Murphy is very big shoes to step into.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48I don't think you can get any bigger as a comedian.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51To be a part of the Shrek legacy is without a doubt
0:55:51 > 0:55:54one of the biggest privileges you could ever have.
0:55:54 > 0:55:55# I got rain
0:55:55 > 0:55:57# I got rain... #
0:55:59 > 0:56:01It is part of this huge franchise
0:56:01 > 0:56:03that has been for 10 years,
0:56:03 > 0:56:07so to kind of even be a little bit involved in that
0:56:07 > 0:56:09is quite an honour, really.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12The journey into the land of musicals is a fitting legacy
0:56:12 > 0:56:14for the world's most famous ogre.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17So there we have it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Four magical movies, a swamp full of lovable characters,
0:56:20 > 0:56:25and a whole decade since a smelly, green ogre came crashing into our world.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29For the last 10 years, it has been such a blessing.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32I feel so blessed to be a part of Shrek.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34And it's just, it has changed my life.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37I feel privileged that I had the opportunity
0:56:37 > 0:56:41of being part of something that I loved before I was part of it.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- I'm very proud. - It's such a smart film.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47You look at something like that - it'll last for ever.
0:56:47 > 0:56:52It's a glorious 10 years of working with the smartest, funniest people in the world.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54And it was all just kind of amazing.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58It's innocent and sweet. They're very touching, I think.
0:56:58 > 0:56:59It was great to be involved.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01They're four brilliant films.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05It really set a standard of what people can do in animation.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I've been making movies 28 years,
0:57:07 > 0:57:10I've done all different types of pictures.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14The Shrek series is just some of the proudest work
0:57:14 > 0:57:16that I've been involved with.
0:57:16 > 0:57:17I'm very proud of Shrek.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20It's been a pleasure to be associated with something
0:57:20 > 0:57:23where everybody just wanted it to be great.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25That's the greatest gift of the movie,
0:57:25 > 0:57:30how much laughter it has brought to so many people.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33And that's the reward.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35I was hoping this would be a happy ending!
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Well, Donkey, you're in luck.
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