Tom Hanks Gave His Two Cents On the 'Lightyear' Casting Beef

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Tom Hanks Gave His Two Cents On the 'Lightyear' Casting Beef
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Woody wanted to battle Buzz at the box office, but it didn't happen

saw that made his little heart want a Buzz Lightyear toy. Don't think about it too hard.

Again, since this is 2022, this children's movie is somehow drawing a fair amount of criticism. And that's not even including the from LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios who claimed that Disney executives censored “overtly gay affection” in its films. This reportedly included, which allegedly cut and later restored a same-sex kiss. Nope, we're here for something absolutely trivial. If you're behind on the drama, the original voice actor behind Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen, seems to be upset thatbrought in Chris Evans to play the character this time around.

Lighten up, Tim! Pixar movies don't need Marvel levels of interconnectivity. Now, you'd think Allen would've said his peace and faded away. But in what's somewhat of a surprise, Tom Hanks—who voices Woody in the—kinda-sorta sided with his former co-star in this nonsensical beefing. “How about that?" Hanks told"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.

Don't worry, cooler heads have spoken about Evans's involvement in the film, albeit before Hanks entered the“Tim’s version of Buzz is a little goofier and is a little dumber, and so he is the comic relief," the director of"In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He’s serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama.” As for Evans himself, the actor added tothat he used “Allen as a guideline.

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