What almost was: Chris Farley playing Shrek

I have some surprising news for Chris Farley fans: Can you picture Chris Farley playing Shrek?

Well, his brother Kevin says that it almost happened. The part of Shrek, it turns out, was created just for Chris, and he had the majority of the movie done before he died in 1997.

Here's a storyboarded video of him voicing Shrek with Eddie Murphy also voicing Donkey.