And film fans have noticed how hugely popular movie ogre Shrek bears a striking similarity to Tillet, who died in 1954 after suffering a heart attack following the death of his wrestling partner ...

Travel fanatics have been left frantically booking airplane tickets after discovering that the church from Shrek may have ...

That's right, while animators didn't have a real-world reference for Shrek (we hope?) the folks at Dreamworks did base the appearance of Donkey on a gentle soul named Pericles. According to the ...

A REAL-life donkey that inspired Eddie Murphy's character in Shrek has died aged 30. Born in New York in 1994, Perry rose to fame after animators modelled the Donkey character in the original 2001 ...

Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s handlers announced his passing on Instagram, detailing that it was from ...

Pericles, fondly known as Perry, was born in New York City in 1994 and gained recognition as the real-life inspiration for the beloved character Donkey in the 2001 animated classic Shrek.