


And as the movie has been promoted, Lightyear is not about the toy from the Toy Story films, it’s the movie Andy saw that made him want the Buzz toy alongside his entire room redecoration that spited Woody in the original 1995 movie.

While speaking to Vanity Fair, the Lightyear filmmaker shared that the decision to cast Chris Evans was an intentional one in order to position the story apart from the Toy Story character. In what's likely the final installment of the Disney/Pixar franchise, Tim Allen reveals which iconic line he got to adlib & shares voiceover. Chris Evans has the gravitas and that movie-star quality that our character needed to separate him and the movie from Tim’s version of the toy in Toy Story. He’s serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama. Tim’s version of Buzz is a little goofier and is a little dumber, and so he is the comic relief. Andys mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy. Pixar’s Lightyear hasn’t been the success the studio was expecting, and Tim Allen’s response to it confirms Lightyear s biggest problem, which is also unfixable. Tim Allen and Wallace Shawn in Toy Story (1995). Check out the Lightyear director, Angus MacLane’s reason why he chose Chris Evans for the lead role: Published Tim Allen has opened up about his opinion on Pixars Lightyear, and he pointed out the movies unfixable problem heres what it is. On Tuesday, Patricia Heaton took to Twitter to blast Pixar for not casting Tim Allen in Lightyear, saying the decision “castrate” the beloved character and some other fans rushed to her side.
