The public loves Shrek as one of the top animated films released in 2001.
Internet followers continue to find new unexpected details in the movie after two decades and this discovery actively engages them in online debates.
A new finding started confusing movie enthusiasts when they pointed out a woman’s concealed face inside a specific scene.
After 21 minutes the hidden anomaly makes people talk about Shrek again and they create many new theories about the film.
Unlike regular hidden references movies, this newly found finding stands alone in its unique nature.
The appearance of a real photo of a woman represents a departure from the usual custom of mentioning source material or showing designers.
People who pay close attention to the scene where Shrek and Donkey reach Duloc found this unusual detail.
At the entrance of Duloc you can see something unique as a ticket window shows what looks like an authentic photo.
The animator purposely included a real photograph in an animated film sequence among all digital characters and backgrounds.
Fandom members have detected the strange photo by stopping the movie at timestamp 00:21:18.
Since Shrek belongs to the animation world no one can excuse unexpected elements by referring to problems in the production process.
The discovery of the strange item instantly reached Reddit through an online post.
“I checked this release tonight and found that the woman has always been in the film, even in 2001,” the Redditor stated.
“This doesn’t mean a ton, but it does mean that it’s not a Netflix thing and an edit in this spot didn’t happen between 2002 and today.”
These findings proved that neither the image came from editing errors nor recent movie reissues.
At first viewers thought the unknown woman might be Cameron Diaz because she voiced Princess Fiona.
A thorough look at the photos proved that the figure standing next to the monster did not look like Cameron Diaz.
The theory about producer Gina Shay as the Shrek woman failed when experts analyzed it for accuracy.
Cameron Shay did not participate with DreamWorks during the Shrek film releases from 2001 to 2007 when she joined.
Many fans cannot explain why this alternate image failed to get replaced properly before the film debuted.
Many viewers believe the hidden woman represents someone important from behind the scenes.
“My guess would be an animator or one of their loved ones, since it’s hidden and so obviously not meant to be there,” one fan commented.
In many animated works this inclusion occurs frequently but producers have yet to confirm if this was intentionally hidden or created as an inside team joke.
As more people examined the image, another fan noted that “she looks like she is crying,” adding to the mystery.
The absence of DreamWorks’s official comment about the artwork makes people guess what it represents.
Fans conducted thorough research and developed their most supported idea about the image.
It seems that someone related to the people who made the film placed this photograph into the final product.
The studio included that scene as a way to honor those who passed away as part of industry tradition.
DreamWorks never responded to the rumor of who appears in the Shrek shot prompting global theory development among the movie’s followers.
New information about the film continues to fascinate viewers two decades after its release.
Audiences who analyze Shrek now have solid proof that animation studios dedicate great attention to their work.
Everyone is keen to discover the woman who secretly appears in Shrek but her true identity remains hidden.
Did the film creators set this element deliberately or did they offer a traditional shout-out to viewers? The mystery remains unsolved.
Feature Image Credit: (Youtube/ @Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers) and (DreamWorks Pictures)