Before you begin this 100% Shrek quiz with ten questions on the four films of the tetralogy, here are a few anecdotes about the very first film and its genesis.
Shrek It was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature when the category was included in the 2002 list of awards presented at the prestigious ceremony. In later years it was followed by Spirited Away in 2003, The Finding Nemo in 2004 and The Incredibles. in 2005.
The French and American actors who voiced him could have been completely different. Indeed, if Alain Chabat is indeed dubbing the Green Ogre, it should have been originally Emmanuel Courtil (one of the most famous French dubbing voices), who also did all the recordings before Dreamworks changed his mind for commercial reasons. On the US side, Shrek’s voice was changed during production for a completely different reason, as actor Chris Farley sadly passed away after recording almost all of his character’s lines.
As for the name Shrek, its origin comes from the German word “schreck” which means “fear, fear”, while the adjective “schreklich” is further associated with the film in its “terrible” meaning. Unless the film’s title refers to Max Schreck, the actor immortalized by his disturbing silhouette in Nosferatu the Vampire.
A final anecdote, even if it has not been confirmed, may be that the appearance of the green ogre was inspired by a real character, Maurice Thiele, a French wrestler who immigrated to the United States with acromegaly, a disease that causes abnormal Increase in the size of hands and feet and deformity of the face.
But now it’s time to play and try to answer these ten questions about the world of Shrek!
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