The success of Shrek as an iconic early-2000s movie was one thing its administrators by no means anticipated throughout manufacturing.
In an interview with People, Vicky Jenson, who co-directed the 2001 movie, deemed the crucial acclaim Shrek garnered as a “large shock” to her and the complete staff.
“It simply felt very small as a result of it was a decent staff,” Jenson defined, recalling how a lot of the manufacturing came about outdoors the primary DreamWorks Animation studio in Glendale. “We felt like we had been on our personal for lots of the time.”
According to Jenson, it wasn’t till sure sequences began getting back from lighting and the staff started watching full screenings that they realized they had been engaged on one thing particular.
“We had been going, ‘Wow, this… that is totally different,'” she stated. “It may both work very well or by no means.”
It wasn’t till Shrek debuted on the Cannes Film Festival that Jenson and the remainder of the DreamWorks staff realized the movie had the potential to make a long-lasting impression on the trade.
Upon its launch in 2001, Shrek shortly turned one of many yr’s highest-grossing movies, solely behind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
The animated movie not solely acquired widespread crucial acclaim but in addition earned worldwide recognition, resulting in a number of sequels with Shrek 5 already confirmed to be within the works
