Listen to this rare recording of Chris Farley voicing Shrek

The ogre Shrek from the popular Dreamworks movie series
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This recently leaked video of Chris Farley voicing Shrek will make you miss the late Saturday Night Live star more than ever. While Shrek ended up being voiced by Farley's SNL castmate Mike Myers, the role was originally intended for Farley and, according to Farley's brother Kevin, was actually written with the comedian in mind.

Entertainment Weekly reports that Farley's brother says Shrek initially "was a little bit more like Chris, like a humble bumbling, innocent guy." Before Farley died of an overdose in 1997, he had recorded between 80 to 90 percent of the dialogue for the DreamWorks feature film. Becca Stanek

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