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Pixar Wants You to Know That Replacing Tim Allen on 'Lightyear' Wasn't as Uncomfortable as You'd Think
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Pixar Wants You to Know That Replacing Tim Allen on 'Lightyear' Wasn't as Uncomfortable as You'd Think

Gizmodo·Cheryl Eddy·about 1 month ago
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It’s been four years now, but the premise of Lightyear is still kind of confusing if you think about it too much. It explores the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, but not the beloved Toy Story character . Instead, it centers on the human (but still animated) Buzz Lightyear, a real space adventurer in the fictional Toy Story world who inspired the toy collected by the kids in the Toy Story movies. With that tangled ball of yarn hanging over it—you kind of have to admire Pixar for pretzeling its universe so much, to be honest— Lightyear failed to catch on with audiences. So much so that in the years since, you might have forgotten the studio hired a different actor to voice the human version of Buzz in his spin-off movie: Chris Evans. While Captain America himself is a suitably heroic choice, and this version of Buzz is a younger version of the real guy who inspired the toy, it was still a little odd that Lightyear didn’t tap Tim Allen, who’s been jovially shouting “To infinity and beyond!” since 1995.…

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