Before Shrek
Maurice Tillet was a Frenchman that gained his fame though wresting in the 1930s and 1940s. This Russian-born man was diagnosed with acromegaly when he was 17. Acromegaly causes the bones in a person’s hands, face, and feet to grow larger than normal. Even though Shrek’s likeness to Tillet is unmistakable, DreamWorks has never officially admitted a connection.
