Shrek 4: The director pretended to be sick to make another movie during filming!

The anecdote is especially delicious, even almost fifteen years after the fact. Director Mike Mitchell, at the helm of the upcoming Kung Fu Panda 4, which hits our screens next March, has given an interview The whole movieWell before the release of his new animated film.

And to deliver this rather incredibly juicy revelation during the Shrek 4 concept, that was the end. The unfortunate man had to miss the filming for a whole week because he was sick. That was the official version…

“I shouldn’t have said that on the phone with everyone at DreamWorks listening… but here’s what happened: I was doing Shrek 4 at Dreamworks and I realized that David Lynch Needed a production assistant on set for a night shoot of their movie Editing of the Inland Empire.

“That was incredible!”

Mike Mitchell, a fan of the filmmaker in particular, called in sick for a week to work with his idol. “It was very difficult to shoot . There was a one-legged blonde Asian woman with a monkey. He was a woodcutter. There were twelve Nubian dancers. The stars were Laura Dern and Isabella Rossellini. It was on the palace floor and it was a spectacular, gigantic, unique sequence. David himself was in front of the camera.”

No regrets from his side, even more so from hers Shrek 4 It was a huge hit in theaters, grossing over $752 million at the worldwide box office. “It was great. I heard how David Lynch made his movies. He gave me as much direction as Laura Dern. He’s very serious and focused. It was incredible.” Mitchell was confused. We want to believe it.