But it’ll be OK.” He definitely is looking forward to playing a character whose movies and spinoffs, especially the “Shrek the Halls” animated TV special, he’s watched since childhood.

Within the next decade there were three sequels, two television specials (who can forget the 2007 Christmas special “Shrek ...

There were holiday spin-offs, too, including Shrek the Halls and Scared Shrekless. Shrek 2 remains the highest-grossing movie in the series, bringing in more than $930 million worldwide.