Complex sentence: Farley was the original choice to record vocals for the title character of the DreamWorks animated film "Shrek", but died before recording began and he was replaced by one of his "SNL" colleague Mike Myers.
Split into simpler sentences: Farley was the original choice to voice the title character of the DreamWorks animated film "Shrek", but died before recording began. He was replaced by one of his "SNL" colleagues, Mike Myers.