On the Web you can find publications that the creator of the cartoon "Schrek" sketched his hero from a professional fighter born in Russia. Often in such publications they are given by their joint photo. We checked the reliability of this story.
For example, in January 2024, with a note “Small Excursion into History”, a blogger wrote about this in his Telegram channel Dmitry Vasilet (237,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). The publication also included a photograph of two men shaking their hands. In some posts separately It is notedthat in this picture the wrestler Maurice Tiye, nicknamed the French Angel and "Creator of the cartoon "Shrek" "William Steig. Similar records in recent years have appeared in other Telegram channels, among which "Camera"(223,000 views),"Youth"(128 000),"Film"(64,000) and"History of mankind"(32 000). The story that Tiye served as a prototype of Shrek is also popular in VKontakte. For example, in the public “5 interesting facts” since 2019, this story with a viral photograph has been placed at least nine times (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) - in total, these posts scored 2.3 million views. There are similar publications, for example, in communities World of History (176,000 views) and TRASH (130 000).
The allegations that Tiye was a prototype of the green giant are also found outside the social networks. For example, sites wrote about this Sport24 And "Championship", And also shot videos of YouTube channels"Acute angle"(960,000 views) and"Open World"(14,000). The same photograph with similar signatures was distributed by foreign language users of social networks (Instagram*, Facebook*, X).
Who is Tiye?
Maurice Tiye was born In 1903, in a French family who lived in the Russian Empire. Many sources say that his place of birth is the Urals, but the author of the thematic site dedicated to Tiye, claimsthat St. Petersburg was indicated in the official documents. Maurice's father died when he was still small, and with the beginning of the 1917 revolution, his mother and son moved to France. Probably, thanks to the influence of the mother who taught languages, Tiye became polyglot. Although many posts mentioned above say that he knew 14 languages, the author of the thematic site Curses More modest data: “By mid -1942, Maurice spoke at least five languages: French, Russian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and English.” For some data, he was also familiar with Italian and Spanish.
Reportedthat at the age of 17 years, the head, the chest, the arms and legs of Tiye began to increase, and at the age of 19 he was diagnosed acromegaly - This is a disease associated with impaired function of the anterior pituitary gland, as a result of which an excessive amount of growth hormone is produced. Subsequently, the young man played rugby for some time (after one match he even supposedly Meet With the king of Great Britain George V) and studied the right at the University of Toulouse, but left the law faculty and entered the service of an engineer in the French fleet, where he also engaged in struggle. At the end of the service, he He starred In several films.
According to the most common versions his biographies, when Tiye worked at the film studio in the late 1930s, he noticed him Karl Podgello - Lithuanian, and then an American fighter and promoter. He convinced Maurice to professionally engage in struggle, and subsequently became his coach, manager and close friend. For several years, Tiye became a very popular wrestler, and after the beginning of World War II emigrated to the United States, where, because of his unusual appearance and remarkable power, he gained great popularity and won a number of titles. Note that at the beginning of his career, the athlete appeared under the nickname Angel, and the word "French" was added later when the promoter Jack Pfefer became promote Numerous fighters from other countries under similar pseudonyms.
On September 4, 1954, Podgello died of lung cancer, and in the evening of the same day, Tiye died of a heart attack. Their buried At the Lithuanian National Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, and on a joint tombstone it says: "Friends who could not even be separated by death."
Is it true that the creator of Shrek is shown in a viral photo with Tiye?
In the majority of posts given at the beginning of this analysis, it is stated that the viral picture captures Tiye and William Steig Lumbling hand. Using a reverse search for the image “verified”, it established that the original photo Published On the site dedicated to the life of a fighter. According to Signatures, the photo captures the French angel (on the right) and the Wild Bill Zim (left). Win was also a popular American Wrestler, which He performed In the ring in the 1930-1950s.
The article says that the son of Wild Bill Winter sent this photo card to the author of the site Mike Zim, finding her in the collection of her father. The picture was given as an illustration of how Tiye differed from men of one growth with him. “Mike noted that, according to his father, Maurice was a very kind and decent person who gave most of his money to the needy children.” reported In the same material.
Thus, in a viral photo next to Tiye, not the creator of Shrek, but another wrestler is shown.
Is it true that Steig is the author of the cartoon "Shrek"?
Also, in a large part of publications, it is stated that Stage was supposedly the author cartoonreleased in 2001 by the DreamWorks film company. In fact, he was an artist and author of children's books, but did not take direct participation in the creation of the animated tape. In 1990, a writer released The story “Shrek!”, Which illustrated. The plot and details of the original text were different from the film adaptation: for example, in the original source, the green monster could breathe with fire and had warm vision, his own parents drove it off the swamp, and the princess was “ugly” on its own, and not because of the curses imposed on it.
In 1991, the rights to film adaptation of the story bought Stephen Spielberg, who planned to create a cartoon with a classic 2D animation. However, in 1995 they They moved away To recently open DreamWorks studios, the co -founder of which was the director. Ultimately, the tape was created using three -dimensional graphics and was released in 2001. In the credits notedthat the plot is based on the book of Steig - in the same way it specified And in other projects of this franchise. The writer died in 2003, so he Dedicated Cartoon sequel, output A year later.
Thus, it is incorrect to call Steig the creator of the cartoon, he was the author of the literary source.
Is it true that Tiye was the prototype of Shrek?
The rumor that a French wrestler became the prototype of green. Walks On the network since the zero years. At the same time, there is no reliable evidence on the Internet that Steig was familiar or at least knew about Tiye. Therefore, apparently, we are only talking about a cartoon character.
In publications on the connection of Tiye with Shrek, often Compare Their appearance: both have disproportionately large heads, protruding chins and ears of an unusual shape. Some users are also MarkThat both the wrestler and the ogra people were afraid because of their formidable appearance, although in fact both Tiye (judging by the stories of contemporaries), and Shrek were friendly and sweet. In addition, in the cartoon hero Fighted with knights in the ring and used wrestler techniques, which also Binding him with the French angel.
However, there are no reliable sources on the network confirming the rumor of Tiye as a prototype of Shrek. For example, at the time of writing this parsing on the page about the wrestler in the Russian -speaking Wikipedia It is saidthat his unusual appearance "inspired the illustrator of William Steig to create the image of SRAC." The evidence provides a link to the 2017 article on The Huffington Post, where the writer Steig is not mentioned at all. “Despite the inexplicable physical resemblance of Tiye and Shrek, Dreamworks - a studio that released the picture - never officially reacted to a long -standing rumor that the appearance of Tiye served as the basis for the animated character. The company representative did not respond to the request of our publication about the commentary, ” - It was said In the material. At the same time, the site Screenrant, mistakenly called Tiye Boxer, suggested: Producers and animators never confirmed that the French angel was a source of their inspiration, for legal reasons.
In 2016, to find out whether the hearing was true, the Yahoo Movies UK portal tried. Author ArticlesLike his American colleagues, he noted that Dreamworks did not publicly reveal whether the image of the ogra was based on the prototype, but added that the animators worked on the cartoon studied the appearance of real people. Next is given commentleft by an anonymous user in July 2008 under a post about Tiye: “I worked in the art department of the PDI / DreamWorks studio during the development of Shrek. On my wall hung photos of unusual wrestlers - a Swedish angel, an Irish angel and a French angel. Perhaps they could well inspire the authors who created the Shrek model. ” Vicki Jenson, one of the directors of the cartoon, could neither confirm nor refute this information - in the Yahoo comment she saidthat does not exclude such a connection: “Wow, I have never seen this before, but this does not mean that the artists who helped to create the design of Shrek have not seen it. I know that we worked a lot on his appearance! "
The image of Shrek could be based on another person. When Spielberg bought the rights to film adaptation of the book, plannedthat in a two -dimensional cartoon, actor Bill Murray will give his voice to the hero. Later, the comedian was received by the main role in the first three -dimensional version of Shrek Chris Farley, which died From an overdose of drugs in 1997. By words his brother, the artist managed to voice almost all the dialogs of his character, and there is even on the network some rollers with examples work Farley, where is Shrek It looks Not at all like in the final version of the cartoon. “Initially, the character of Shrek was a little more like Chris - a modest, clumsy, innocent guy,” - told Kevin Farley. This confirmed And designer Barry Jackson, who worked on that version. In the end, the fence voiced Mike Mayers, after which the scenario arrives in the project rewritten, and the appearance of the heroes has been greatly changed.
In 2001, in the article of the magazine Computer Graphics World reportedthat the artists began to create digital characters using scanned sculptural layouts. At the same time, the 3D model of Shrek passed through 50 editions, and as a result, the fence was made more thin so that it looked younger and it was easier to animize. Without providing evidence, the author of the thematic site about Tiye claimsthat, according to numerous rumors, the animators saw the posthumous mask The wrestler at the Museum of the Starg, where they allegedly gleaned the idea for the image of Shrek. At the same time, he emphasizes: “Only by talking with those who sculpted the source models of Schrek and painted sketches, we will be able to prove 100% that Maurice was a source of inspiration.” In turn, the author of the fan resource Shrek History dedicated to the Cartoon universe, declaredthat no reliable source confirms the connection with the wrestler: "This is just an Internet service that is now accepted for the fact."
Thus, at the time of the publication of this analysis, one can neither confirm nor refute the allegations that the image of Shrek was based on the appearance of Maurice Tiye. Such publications are built on indirect information, rumors and a message of an anonymous user, according to which a wrestler could be only one of the sources of inspiration. Through the years of the cartoon on the Internet appeared A lot of concept arts, recessions and other working materials from production, however, no connection with Tiya is traced in them.
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