big, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating  ogre  named  Shrek ;  Cameron Diaz  as the beautiful, feisty, but very down-to-earth Princess Fiona ;  Eddie Murphy  as the talkative  Donkey ; and  John Lithgow  as the villain  Lord Farquaad . Commercially successful on release in 2001, it helped establish  DreamWorks  as a prime competitor to