Beloved miniature donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy’s character in ‘Shrek’ has died

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Eddie Murphy‘s character in Shrek has died, aged 30.News was confirmed by Jenny Kiratli, the donkey’s handler, who told local outlet Palo Alto that Perry had been euthanised on Thursday (January 2) after battling a painful hoof disease called laminitis.He had been a fixture of the Bol Park pasture for over three decades, with Kiratli explaining that one of the animators for Shrek lived nearby, and was directed towards the pasture by his wife because she knew he was working on a donkey character for the new film.He went on to bring a team of animators to Bol Park to spend a few hours with Perry, who was described as a “special donkey” with a “sweet and gentle disposition” by The Barron Park Donkey Project.A post shared by Barron Park Donkeys (@bpdonkeys)Murphy, who voices the Perry-inspired Donkey in the franchise, last year let slip that he had begun recording for Shrek 5, as well as a standalone Donkey film. “We started doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months ago.

I did this, I recorded the first act, and we’ll be doing it this year, we’ll finish it up,” he shared.“Shrek is coming out, and Donkey’s gonna have his own movie.

We’re gonna do Donkey as well. So we’re gonna do a Shrek, and we’re doing a Donkey [movie].”Last July it was announced that Shrek 5 will be released on July 1 2026 – just in time for the franchise’s 25th anniversary, with Murphy joined by other franchise leads Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.Perry, the donkey who served as the Donkey model for Shrek, has passed away at the age of 30.

pic.twitter.com/NgCA4tvV4b— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 4, 2025Four Shrek films have been released between 2001 to 2010, while 2022’s Puss in the Boots: The Last Wish was the last film to come out in the Shrek universe.Meanwhile,.