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As the summer blockbusters battle it out for the box office crown, the ain't over 'til it's ogre. "Shrek the Third" finds its sometimes-jolly green The usual cast of swamp dwellers and fairy-tale stalwarts is back, including Antonio Banderas (Puss In Boots). Myers, Diaz and Andrews, looking startlingly human in person, were joined at the Four Seasons Hotel here recently by discuss the new movie, which opens May 18.
Q. You were saying how little you got to see one another during the voice Myers: I actually stalked everybody here. So I saw a lot of them, but they Q.
Did you get much room to play with the script? Andrews: They give you leeway. I'm sure you Myers and Eddie and everybody embroidered a bit; I embroidered the tiniest bit, but I don't have the biggest Diaz: Mock bitterly I've never had any freedom in the process, absolutely Poehler: No way!
Do you go into Dialogue Jail? Diaz: They're like, "What are you doing?" Diaz laughs, and the jig is up.
I get to say "Shrek" a lot. She and Timberlake launch into the Fiona variations of "Shrek!" Myers: Surely there's a "Fiona" bank somewhere, where you can just go, "Give me a 27": "Fi-o - na!
" Timberlake: For "Shrek VII," you won't even have to show up. I did some ad-libbing that, you know ..
. Diaz: Got cut? Timberlake: Yeah, it definitely got cut, story of my life.
Myers: Whispers Which one does he play? Myers: loudly Artie! Yeah, you were great.
Timberlake: Thank you. Naturally. Q.
Would you like to take this opportunity to slag your absent cast mates? Myers: I would like to come back as Antonio Banderas in my next life. He yesterday I had two pieces of bread, and there was cheese in the middle -- I think they call it a 'sandwich.
'" Myers drops his chin in his open palms Q. How much of yourselves do you think got into the characters? Poehler : Not very much of mine.
My character is very bossy and persnickety and kind of a little Type A. I hope I'm not that Type A. But these water Myers: Well, thank you.
I feel that ogres are working class, and I find the Scottish accent is working class. A lot of this is kind of about class. Andrews: And being happy with who you are.
It's about being comfortable in Timberlake: To me, the third one is even a little more edgy than the first two in regards to the adult humor. It really touches on all levels. better every time.
The story's better and the animation, like hair and fire -- Andrews: The other thing is facial expressions. The quality of color and animation in it. It's still in that realm of make-believe.
Q. I think kids will grow up with these movies and show them to their kids. Were there movies your parents showed you that stuck with you?
Timberlake: Biggest one, for sure, "Sound of Music." We watched that movie with my parents and my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. It was like a Myers: "Pink Panther" for me.
My dad was a huge Peter Sellers fan. If you're in for two minutes, you're in for two hours at my house. And it was always a nice truce.
Because my dad was from Liverpool -- he didn't have a bad temper, but he was like a working-class guy -- he just laughed like a drain Andrews : We speak Pink Panther-speak with her husband, Blake Edwards, director of the Sellers movies . You know the ultimate Clouseau? "What time do you have?
" answering abruptly, in Clouseau's tortured French accent "Yes, I Q. Do you think being in a "Shrek" movie gives you a certain kind of Andrews : I've got grandkids. As they say in Variety, "I rate tall.
" I really do. "Granny's in 'Shrek.'" Poehler: It was amazing, speaking as someone who's a freshman in the college of "Shrek.
" I was so pleased to be a part of something that will last Diaz: Audiences really invest in it. They just love this film. I love it when parents are always, "This is Fiona.
" And kids look at me like makes a Q. I wonder if they might in the future slip in other issues -- curbing Diaz: That's something I've been on Jeffrey's ear about, that the swamp Andrews: Why not? What better way to get a message across than with something that's so funny?
Diaz: Well, hopefully, there'll be a planet in four years. close to Jeffrey, man. I wanna be on that rocket.
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