Tom Hanks speaks about Chris Evans being cast in Lightyear instead of Tim Allen
Tom Hanks speaks about Chris Evans being cast in Lightyear instead of Tim Allen Tom Hanks questioned why Pixar didn’t bring back Tim Allen for Lightyear while speaking about Chris Evans’ film recently.
Chris Evans recently lent his voice for Pixar’s new film Lightyear, which revolved around the character of Buzz Lightyear, the movie character who inspired the Toy Story version of Buzz. In the Toy Story franchise, Buzz has been voiced by Tim Allen, and ever since the release of Lightyear, there has been discussion on why Evans replaced Allen in the film.
Recently, Tom Hanks voices the lead character of Woody in the Toy Story franchise opened up about Lightyear replacing Tim Allen. Speaking about how his new movie Elvis was going head to head against Lightyear, he said,” How about that? I actually wanted to go head-to-head with Tim Allen and then they didn’t let Tim Allen do it. I don’t understand that.”
Further speaking about Chris Evans voicing Buzz in the film, Hanks told Independent, “Yeah, yeah, I know. Here’s the thing: I want to go back to the theatre with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common. That’s what I want to do and, going to see a movie with [Allen] – I’m looking forward to that.”
Tim Allen himself likewise as of late said something regarding Lightyear and talked about how it was something else entirely irrelevant to the toy that he plays in the establishment. The entertainer while addressing extra kept up with that while it’s a “brilliant story”, it has no association with the toy. The entertainer additionally uncovered that he “remained out” of the subject of Lightyear since it doesn’t spin around his variant of Buzz.
When Woody voice star Hanks, who is in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, was asked if it was “strange to be in theatres opposite a Buzz Lightyear film”, he told CinemaBlend: “How about that? I actually wanted to go head-to-head with Tim Allen and then they didn’t let Tim Allen do it. I don’t understand that.”
When it was commented that it was Evans in the role, he said: “Yeah, yeah, I know.”
He continued: “Here’s the thing: I want to go back to the theatre with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common. That’s what I want to do and, going to see a movie with [Allen] – I’m looking forward to that.”
Hanks and Allen have remained friends since first voicing the characters in the first Toy Story film, which was released in 1995. They returned for three sequels in 1999, 2010, and 2019.
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