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Cameron Diaz, who provides the voice for Princess Fiona in Dreamworks 3D animated hit Shrek franchise, is not particularly eager to play his character in the live theater. Even if she did attend the opening of Shrek the Broadway musical counterpart recently, she has also clarified that his role as Fiona remain in the voice-over booth. Asked if the role had never piqued his stage costume, Diaz replied: "No, absolutely not. What they do up there is, for me, impossible. It's wonderful, but. They did a remarkable job. They worked very hard, and it is really useful. "

Suffice it to say that Diaz has been carefully packaged by the performance that night, noting the major differences between working for the cartoon and the live version. "It's funny," she said of the music scene. "There are laughs for years. It's great to see all the players play together, because when we do for animation, we never see each other. We do work together. "

Other stars present at the opening of Broadway were America Ferrera of Ugly Betty and daughters of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2, Red Carpet Kibitz Joan Rivers, comedian Ben Stiller and idol.

Stiller attended the opening with his wife, actress Christine Taylor, the two say they are big fans of animated films. "We're fans of Shrek in our house. We'll go see the musical, and let the kids know if this is suitable for children."

A fourth film in the Shrek series is scheduled for release in 2009. Once again, Diaz will have on the role of Princess Fiona, the main pressure of the odious but lovable green ogre of the film. Mike Myers, who plays Shrek, and Eddie Murphy, who plays his sidekick loudmouthed Donkey, will also continue to voice their characters.

The Broadway cast includes Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Donkey, Daniel Breaker, and Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona. While the musical was based on the animated film, the film itself was adapted from the fairy tale picture book Shrek! Written by the late American visual artist William Steig.

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