That was Fat Bastard, an obese, foul-mouthed, farting baddie from Clydebank. The accent donor was Canadian actor Mike Myers who, interestingly enough (the plot thickens!), had already played a Scottish character in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. So … so … so why was Shrek given a Scottish accent? Well, it was to denote class more than nation. Alas, this admirable state is challenged when – wait for it – he falls in love (yawn) with Princess Fiona (good Scottish name) and seeks, in the unwanted company of an excitable donkey, to rescue her from the clutches of scheming Lord Farquaad.Īs it turns out, Fiona is also an ogre, or ogress if we can still say that, and so in the end (spoiler alert: come on, it’s a fairy tale ending), the ugly couple … well, sit doon and watch it for yourself, if you’re one of the three people in the world who haven’t already done so. Taunted and persecuted by humans, the ogre seeks solitude far from them and, consequently, becomes cranky and misanthropic. However, like many Scottish people, Shrek wears a tiny, brown, home-made waistcoat that comes down to his nipples. Not a good start, as the Scottish complexion is generally grey (in winter) or red (in summer). Thus, many millions have watched the antics of the Scottish-speaking ogre, who has also become an internet meme, even finding his way with weary predictability into porn.īut … is Shrek actually Scottish? We shall return to this vexed question. Shrek 5, having been held up by Covid, is even now deep into production. Shrek 2 became the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the United States, making around $3.5 billion worldwide.
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