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Animation News: Shrek 2 Stars Hit 'Spago' for DVD Party
Nov 09, 2004 - 08:13 PM
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Mike Myers, Julie Andrews and Eddie Murphy walked a fairytale-themed carpet Monday night at the famed Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills, owned by chef Wolfgang Puck.

Thanksgiving came early for the stars of Shrek 2 as the cast celebrated record-breaking DVD sales. The DVD has sold more than 12 million copies in just three days, raking in an estimated $185 million dollars.

Since it's a good bet the Shrek stars get a piece of the profits, they were ready to party.

It's a very surreal experience, Mike Myers, the voice of the big green guy, told AP Television News of the huge sales. I never thought necessarily I would get to do this for a living and I never thought the necessarily the stuff I would do would meet such a big audience.

I do feel that I'm part of a dream team of really great actors and the animators themselves are great actors how they bring the drawings to life, Myers said. The writing is awesome. The message is great. I really feel like I've been given a gift.

Murphy, the voice of Donkey, says while most of the world may love his performance, his children are harder to impress.

They like that I'm in something that they can go to see, but I don't know they make a big difference between that any other movie that I'm in, Murphy said while standing with his wife, Nicole.

For Andrews, who appropriately played the Queen in Shrek 2, agreeing to star in the film was very simple.

I'd seen the first one and I loved it. They asked me if I wanted to be in the second one and I didn't have to think twice. A lot of times it's the director that you love, it's the screenplay, the people that you have to work with, the story itself. In the case of Shrek it was simply, I couldn't be thrilled that they asked me.

Source: Yahoo News (AP)"


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