Talk:Shrek

Mike Myers

After Chris Farley died in December 1997, in August 1998. Mike Myers was given the role. Please add this date on "Production".

References

Home Video release

the shrek was also released on Gameboy Advance Video, but it isnt listed in the Home Video release section. in shrek 2 wiki its listed but on this shrek 1 it isnt here. should it be added ?

Acromegaliac Maurice Tillet As The Basis For Shrek's Appearance?

Briefly noted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Angel is the rumor that acromegaliac Russo-French wrestler Maurice Tillet served as the basis for Shrek's appearance. The change in appearance from both the illustration in Steig's book and the "I Feel Good" test video to Shrek's appearance in the actual movies does make one wonder if the "new-look" Shrek in the movies didn't have some pre-existing model. The cited Wikipedia article in turn cites https://www.huffpost.com/entry/real-life-shrek-inspiration-maurice-tillet-french-angel-photos_n_6391422 "Despite the uncanny physical similarities between Tillet and Shrek, DreamWorks -- the studio which released the film -- has never officially addressed the long-standing rumor that Tillet's appearance served as the basis for the animated character. A spokesman at the company did not immediately return a request for comment from The Huffington Post." Should this be included in the article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.127.222 (talk) 16:04, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested grammar fixes

Article is locked. So please consider:

• "Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list" (i) change "it" to "Shrek" (or "the film") since this is a new section and we should reintroduce the referent; (ii) remove the incorrect comma before "best-of" (since "best-of list" is a fixed noun phrase: you couldn't reverse "a recent best-of list" to "a best-of recent list" so you can't use a comma as you might in "big, green aliens").
• "Such elements can be seen in films like Robots, Chicken Little, Doogal, and Ron's Gone Wrong and more recently with Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken and The Tiger's Apprentice." Insert "and" where shown in bold: it needs to say "films like X, Y and Z, and more recently with..." or else the grammar is incorrect (you can't just say "films like X, Y, Z", and "with" doesn't fix it).

~2026-86823-2 (talk) 10:28, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I reworded the section with the list of films to match the sources. Barry Wom (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Reception Update

The critics on Rotten Tomatoes were update, the film now have a 89% with 214 reviews and a average rating of 8.3/10. ~2026-38586-73 (talk) 23:41, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 September 2026

Category:Robin Hood parodies ~2026-48644-33 (talk) 22:43, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: per WP:CATV, as the article doesn't describe the film as a Robin Hood parody. (It's just a film where Robin Hood appears as a character.) Day Creature (talk) 17:15, 13 September 2026 (UTC)