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Original Chris Farley Audio and 1995 "I Feel Good" Animation Test[]

It is a little known fact that SNL funnyman Chris Farley was the original actor cast as the voice of the title character in the DreamWorks' very-first computer-animated film Shrek (released six years later, but the original book version made in 1990). According to the Jim Hill Media website, the plot with Farley on board was somewhat different than what ended up on film. "It was about a teenage ogre who wasn't all that eager to go into the family business. You see, young Shrek didn't really want to frighten people. He longed to make friends, help people. This ogre actually dreamed of becoming a knight". Those involved with recording Farley labelled it as one of his best performances. An animation test was also made in 1995 with the 1960s song "I Got You" (A.K.A "I Feel Good") by James Brown. And there was also a deleted character that did not appear in the final-cut of the film named Mugger.

Unfortunately, with about 95% of the film's dialogue finished (his role included), Farley died from a drug overdose on December 18, 1997 at the age of 33, still working on the film just a week before his death. There were talks of having a vocal impersonator brought in to record the remaining lines, but ultimately, fellow SNL cast member Mike Myers was hired and the script was re-written, becoming the Academy Award*-winning film we know and love.

The studio had not released any of the audio, and nothing had been heard of it by the public, until the early morning hours of August 5, 2015, when Reddit user Bttfan shared a VimeoPro video uploaded by Dreamworks Development Producer, John Garbett, that was posted in the year of 2013, showing a 2.5-minute scene from the film's early storyboard reel, featuring Farley's voice. Last year, another one was found along with cilps of the animation test and finally, the full "1995 I Feel Good Animation Test" was also found, time will tell if any more footage or audio of the Chris Farley cut will surface.

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Non-Scottish Mike Myers audio[]

During production of the DreamWorks animated movie Shrek, Mike Myers, who is Canadian, voice of the titular character, initially recorded all of Shrek's dialogue in his normal voice. Later when the film was well into production, Myers asked to go back and re-record all of his lines in a Scottish accent like the ones he used in So I Married an Axe Murderer and a 1999 sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, which producer Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to whole-heartedly upon hearing Myers performance.

Some audio of Mike Myers' original recordings can be heard in the Shrek's "Technical Goofs" bonus feature from the DVD.

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