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I mean, actors do get assigned localization voices that are used across movies in the German localization industry. So if the voices you associate with those actors are their German localized voices, those are their voices to you.

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In addition to that, usually for animation movies they do the voices first and make the animation to match. For comedy headliners, one might be able to recognize the actor from animated facial expressions, timing etc.

I am in no position to judge if that is true for Shrek.

(BTW, the German word for fear is Schreck [not a perfect translation, but the same spirit], yet I never made the connection mentioned in the article. Cool!)

It was. Because Chris Farley was the original voice actor of Shrek. It was to be his big comeback. But despite his amazing talent and kindness it was all too much, and he died before the picture could be completed.

https://youtu.be/9zYT5hQR4Q4

Hard to say what kind of shrek we would have had today if he had made it.

https://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/47039/

Wow. That is really interesting. I didnt realize that. Has there been any notable recasting's due to death or contract negotiations or something like that? I could imagine Luke Skywalker sounds drastically different in the third film being a pretty jarring experience.

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