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“She’s from Liverpool, and she’s a trained actress.
For me, Curious George was from London.
Donkey, Shrek, Princess Fiona, and Lord Farquaad in ‘Shrek’.Credit:DreamWorks/Everett
So I went, Aha!
Shrek should have the Scottish accent of somebody who’s lived in Canada 20 years.”
In 2016, he published a book,Canada, described as part memoir and part history.
Mike Myers; Shrek.Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty; Paramount Pictures/ Everett
Myers has voiced the giant green ogre in severalShrekprojects since the original films release.
He hashinted that a fourth Austin Powersmovie could also be swinging into theaters at some point.
He has three children with his second wife, Kelly Tisdale.
Eddie Murphy; Donkey.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; DreamWorks/ Everett
Decades later, he’s still open to voicing Donkey again.
“They did Puss in Boots movies.
Murphy has been dating model Paige Butcher since 2012; he has 10 children.
Cameron Diaz; Princess Fiona.JB Lacroix/WireImage; DreamWorks/ Everett
“That they’re there, and somebody is thinking about them and creating them.
Im starting to get a little bit emotional thinking about it.
You don’t realize what it is until it’s gone.”
John Lithgow; Lord Farquaad.Frazer Harrison/Getty; DreamWorks/Everett
“But then I would say something like ‘I’m not the monster here you are!’
At the time ofShrek’s release, Lithgow had almost three decades of acclaimed work on his resume.
After Farquaads ill-fated attempt to marry Fiona, Lithgow has continued to rack up an impressive list of accolades.
Vincent Cassel; Monsieur Hood.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Dreamworks
Lithgow has been married to wife Mary Yeager since 1981; he has three children.
Cassel has two daughters with Bellucci and one daughter with his second wife, model Tina Kunakey.
Vernonspoke with TVGuide.com in 2007about how he thinks Gingy always had an attitude, even before the events ofShrek.
Conrad Vernon; Gingerbread Man.Steve Granitz/WireImage; Paramount/ Everett
He’s the proverbial tough cookie.”
Millerexplained to MovieWeb in 2007how doing voices aids in his work with other artists.
“It does help, working with any performer.
Cody Cameron; Pinocchio; the Three Little Pigs.Francois G. Durand/Getty; DreamWorks/ Everett; Mary Evans/DREAMWORKS /Ronald Grant/Everett
They have very little to work with in that room.
So, they get me.
I’m a bonus.
Chris Miller; Magic Mirror; Geppetto.Kevin Winter/Getty; DreamWorks/Everett; DreamWorks
I will feed them every other line in the movie.
Unfortunately, I play Fiona to Mike’s Shrek.
I profess my love to him.
Jennifer Saunders; Fairy Godmother.Karwai Tang/WireImage; Dreamworks/ Everett
Then he’ll ignore me.
And I have to do it again, and again.”
Post-Shrek, Miller has continued to add to his resume as an artist, actor, and director.
Rupert Everett; Prince Charming.Karwai Tang/WireImage; DreamWorks/Everett
Miller is slated to direct ananimatedSmurfsmovie musical, scheduled for 2025.
She and French also costarred inKenneth Branagh’s adaptation ofAgatha Christie’sDeath on the Nile(2022).
There was a miniShrekreunion in 2022 when she joined the cast of Mike Myers’The Pentaverate.
Julie Andrews; Queen Lillian.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; DreamWorks/ Everett
Other notable 90s credits includeCemetery Man(1994) andAn Ideal Husband(1999).
“I think ofShrekas a golden handshake in a career,“Everett told theEvening Standardin 2012.
“There’s nothing bad about the job.
John Cleese; King Harold.TF-Images/Getty; DreamWorks/ Everett
You don’t do very much.
He went on to costar inMy Policeman(2022) andNapoleon(2023).
Everett was one of few out gay actors working in the ’90s, having publicly come out in 1989.
Antonio Banderas; Puss in Boots.Aldara Zarraoa/WireImage; Paramount/ Everett
He lives with his partner, Henrique.
I haven’t worked on anything.
I don’t know what I’m saying?'
But, you literally fly by the seat of your pants in a way.
Younger audiences might also recognize her as Queen Clarisse Renaldi oppositeAnne Hathawayin the 2001 Disney hitThe Princess Diaries.
She waspresented with the 48th AFI Life Achievement Awardin celebration of hersix decades in the arts in 2022.
Andrews has three children, two stepchildren, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
“I think it’s funnier than the first one,“Cleese told EW ofShrek 2in 2004.
“Ive been doing it for a year, in a lot of different sessions.
The filmmakers are completely obsessive.
They play with tiny changes like that just to see what’s best.”
He facedbacklash on Twitter in 2020 for transphobic tweetsin support of controversialPotterauthorJ.K.
In 2023, it was announced that he and his daughter Camilla wereplanning a revival ofFawlty Towers.
He has been married to jewelry designer Jennifer Wade since 2012.
Almost like an alter ego.
Banderas has one daughter, Stella, with his ex-wife,Melanie Griffith.
