chris farley

The character had its debut long before 'Saturday Night Live.'

Before Mike Myers became synonymous with the green ogre named Shrek, his fellow SNL castmate Chris Farley was actually cast in the role and had recorded about 80-90% of his dialogue. Then, in 1997, Farley tragically died of a drug overdose, DreamWorks was forced to recast the role and, in doing so, radically rethink their version of Shrek. Today, the first footage of Farley as Shrek has popped up online and shows a very different character than the one we have come to know and love.

New documentary coming that will capture the life of the hilarious man that was Chris Farley. We'll get commentary from the people that knew and loved him the most...his SNL alumni cast.