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Shrek producers spent £3m to create ogre's iconic Scottish accent

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cinemas. The animated cult classic has been viewed millions of times over and raked in almost half a billion dollars, almost £3million, when it was released in 2001.

The loveable ogre at heart of the story, Shrek, is played by Canadian Hollywood legend Mike Myers, who opted to voice the character in a now-iconic Scottish accent.But producers originally had other plans for Shrek’s voice.Myers reportedly first read out the script in a more ‘over the top’ version of his own voice.

But after watching a rough cut of the film, he wasn’t too pleased with how it sounded.The team behind the film then added a further £3m onto the film’s mammoth $60m budget to allow the actor to re-record his lines.Money was also spent on re-animating much of scenes.

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