Mike Myers: _"It took a few times for me to get the voice right. I first tried it in a sort of Canadian accent, but it just didn't connect, and, because fairytales are a European thing and ogres are more earthy, the Scottish accent just felt right."_
Having the villain have an English accent, and the hero a Scottish, has more of a historic significance. It goes beyond the English trying to rule over the Scotts, but the clans who lived along the border. The English monarchy centuries ago would frequently betray and even steal land from those Scots. So having Shreks swamp overtaken by citizens from Dulock, by orders of the royal... ...well just seems fitting. Like good guys in white hats and bad guys in black hats.
Here are a few other ideas for Shrek videos Why was Duloc abandoned after Farquad’s death How Shrek and Company changed Far Far Away Where did Dragon come from and why she guarded Fiona’s castle Fiona’s backstory explained-I know you technically already did this one but that was more theorizing who cursed Fiona and not so much Fiona’s character. Arthur’s backstory explained-what happened to Artie’s parents, why he was such an outcast at school and why he was the right person to rule Far Far Away.
Actually, I haven't heard of a theory of Puss and Boots. Who's his mother? Why was he abandoned? How did he get to Far Far Away? It's mentioned in the Puss N boots film that this takes place in Spain How did he become an ogre exterminator?
drockman92 ... I would say r/woooosh, but I have to thank you for answering the question. Thank you, my good sir. Or ma’am idk, we don’t discriminate here
Man I am glad that we got the Scottish version than like regular that is so like Mike Myers to be who he is playing eather my voice acting or by actual acting
Beyblader Kid And you just learned something about modern Scotland. How does asking a random stranger on the internet what ‘clan they belong to’ tell you *anything* about your own ancestors?
This makes me think about where the various locations from the Shrek movies are set. I think Far Far Away is on the coast of the mediterranean sea (maybe on the coast of Italy or France), as the vegetation looks mediterranean (cypress trees and palm trees), but is still clearly set in medieval europe. Shreks swamp and Duloc could both the in Germany since a lot of the Grimm fairytales featured in the movies are from/located in Germany, or some other part of central europe. On the journey to Far Far Away they cross a mountain range that looks like the alps, which would fit then. We see in the spin-off that Puss in Boots is from a spanish village. And I think Arthurs school is in Britain since Arthur and Merlin are from British folklore, and it's the only location they went to by ship. Maybe Shreks ancestors originally came from Scotland but immigrated to mainland europe a long time ago. This would explain why he is the only one with a scottish accent in the area.
I remember when Chris Farley died in 97. It was strange because, everyone at my school was talking about it. But how did they find out? The very few people who had a cell phone weren’t allowed to even have it with them on campus (the was before routine school shootings). Internet wasn’t very accessible, especially not at school. Some students might’ve found a way to have the classroom TV on, but they would NEVER tune in to any channel that would have a news segment. (Despite having cable, many always tuned into ESPN, which, midday weekday, showed nothing of value). Maybe they heard about it on the radio, and a DJ mentioned it between songs (walkman usage were allowed in many classrooms).
I am Scottish and used to teach English as a foreign language. I shared my class with an English colleague of mine. Her lesson was on Shrek and played some of the film in the class. The kids thought Shrek sounded like me!!!!!
I don't think Shrek with be the same without his Scottish accent that's what makes him so beautiful and and relatable that is different from all the other creatures in the land and that's coming from a Scottish person
Hey Isaac, there's something I've been wondering when I first looked at those movies. In the first film there was a Fairy Godmother who made Shrek and Fiona's onion carriage; while in the second film we see The Fairy Godmother that everyone is familiar with. In the third there was a character called Rumplestiltskin who's been spending his whole time at The Poison Apple before joining Prince Charming's army and later reform; but in the fourth movie we see another version of him. Why is that even possible?
I have this unique gift that doesn't happen every time I sleep. When it does, i get to interact with the characters from the books I'm working on. Almost as if I am sitting down with them for a chat or helping them with tasks. What's even more impressive is that if i kill off a character, there is a chance that character will speak their opinion about it like: "What the heck? Why would you kill me off?" This rare dream interaction with my characters gives me another window into how to better develop them. My dreams can be very detailed and out there impressive and with this as a tool for creating characters, some of them are completely different from the ideas of them I think of on my own. One character went from a calm smart mouthed person to a more timid and quiet character who was more fun to drop into stressful situations. His little brother took on some of that removed snarkiness where he would have been an adventurous but cautious person. I love how the two siblings turned out after my gift changed them a bit. I am one of those people who are actually excited about having nightmares because some of the darker moments in my books are based around nightmares I've had. I love my unique gift.
Shrek was voiced by the talented Mike Myers which he decided to do his fat bastard voice from the Austin Powers movies That's why he has a Scottish accent
@Wotso Videos, why do you say "a third" at 6:30 of the video when there are four movies and a fifth movie was active in production in 2016 is currently set as TBA. Do you consider the 4th movie to be non-canon or something?
Ehy Wotso, can you do a video about how Shrek never borning led to the alternate reality we see in the fourth movie? I mean, it'd be interesting to find an explanation as to why Puss became fat or as to why the Muffin Man now organizes gladiator fights, as well as answering questions like where did characters like the Fairy Godmother and Lord Farquaad go? My personal theory is that it's not just the disappearance of Shrek that led to that future, but also the fact that Rumpelstiltskin retains his memories, inclining him to hate all the ogres or to ruin Shrek's old friends' lifes somehow. But I'd like to hear your ideas in a video too.
this was fascinating i didn't know about the original version of shrek. i do love shrek, he is funny, kind, and down to earth. yet i do wonder what the original story would have been like? great video
I had to watch shrek recently again to realise he even had a distinct accent, I thought that's just how he spoke. I don't even think I realised he spoke different from the others
I remember seeing an early trailer for "Shrek" (on VHS, maybe?) where he had Mike Myers' normal voice. When I saw a later trailer with the Scottish accent, I was very confused, especially since it was still Mike Myers. Sort of like when I saw a VHS trailer for a movie called "Flying Wild" about a girl who leads geese to migration by flying a plane, then when "Fly Away Home" was released, thought, "Waaaaaaait a minute..."
That is correct that Chris Farley was originally casted as Shrek and around 85% of the script was read through but when Chris Farley died from a drug overdose, DreamWorks had to change everything. When Mike Meyers was brought in he thought about impersonating Chris Farley but instead chose not to and DreamWorks decided to redo the whole story which was much different from what the version would've been with Chris Farley.
Hi Issac I have an Idea for a video, could you discuss the character of Allie from Descendants and who her dad is please? Personally I think it is the Bud from the original 1951 film as He is the only one who shows affection of romance to Alice. Plus he is a character with such potential as he only has one line and is only seen for around 5 seconds.
I actually love Shrek's accent in the movies. It is one of the saving graces of the franchise as a whole, even in the poorly-viewed "Shrek the Third". I especially love his line "Can't we just settle this over a pint?"
I don't think that the accent is weird. In Finland, it is believed that green ogres, or giant orcs, comes from old Scottish myths. However, this is the belief of Finnish folk and has little support from researchers.
I feel like if they still have that 90% off the film audio by chris farley they could POSSIBLY animate a new shrek with those vocals, to Honor him all these years later
I've loved Shrek for years but I only just found out that Chris Farley was the original voice actor and all this other info...and I feel ashamed for not knowing until now hahaha. Chris did a great job but imo, it wasn't the same without the accent. I think Chris would have been proud of Mike and his version though.
I really want too see Chris Farleys version released someday I will be commenting #relasethefarleycut to dreamworks and in everything shrek related I can find I have a cancelled movies video and a standalone video about the Farley cut hashtag
I'll save you 9 mins. The original had Chris Farley as Shrek. They had around 70-80% of the lines done before he died. They brought in Mike Myers to finish it. Day 1 Mike Myers decided Shrek absolutely had to have a Scottish Accent.
