Antonio Banderas' Shrek Solo

5 months ago 10th Jun 13:30

Antonio Banderas is the only 'Shrek' cast member to return for 'Puss In Boots'.

The actor is set to reprise his role voicing the title character but because the film will tell the tale of the swashbuckling feline's origins before he met the rest of the group, none of the regular 'Shrek' cast will feature, including Mike Myers' Shrek, Cameron Diaz's Princess Fiona or Eddie Murphy's Donkey.

Writer David H. Steinberg confirmed: "It will be all new characters - except Puss. It doesn't overlap with 'Shrek' at all. Partly that was done to tell an original Puss story, but partly because we didn't know what 'Shrek 4' - and now 'Shrek 5' - were going to do with the characters and we couldn't write conflicting storylines.''

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Antonio recently spoke of his excitement at starting the "emotional" movie.

He said: "We're going to go from the time he's a very little cat, so you see actually why and how he becomes an adult killer, and the reasons why he ends up on that path. It's interesting because it goes away from that kind of use of popular culture that 'Shrek' has. It goes in a different way, and the movie sometimes gets almost emotional, and it's kind of epic.

"I found when they pitched the movie to me, and now reading the script, a total real connection with the character. Obviously, he's a cartoon, but I have a real personal connection with him in terms of what he's expressing. It's very emotional at some points, it's very special. It's going to surprise people I think; they're not going to expect what we're going to do."

'Puss In Boots' is due for release in 2012.