filming and drawing Perry at the park. The team, led by Canadian-American animator Rex Grignon, was preparing to animate the character Donkey in the first Shrek movie, and used Perry as a visual ...

Grignon then brought his team to draw Perry and watch him trot along ... “To us, he wasn’t really the ‘Shrek’ donkey,” Kiratli said. “He was just Perry.” ...

A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...

By Sara Ruberg Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said he was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty “Shrek” character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.

Perry, the donkey who served as a model for Donkey, the character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the Shrek films, has died. He was 30. Perry's death was confirmed by The Barron Park Donkey Project ...

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” Perry ... for the film and to draw real donkeys in person.

and revealed that original voice cast members would be returning including Mike Myers as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Fiona, and Eddie Murphy as Donkey. There have yet to be any concrete updates ...

In 1999, animator Rex Grignon was tasked with designing Donkey, Shrek’s chatty but good-natured ... Grignon then brought his team to draw Perry and watch him trot along. Kiratli, who didn ...

Perry, the beloved donkey who served as the real-life inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s animated character Donkey in the 2001 blockbuster Shrek, has died at the age of 30. His passing was confirmed ...