

“It’s a wonderful story,” Allen said of the new film. That’s mostly true: “Lightyear” posits that the Buzz Lightyear toy Allen voiced in “Toy Story” was based on the film “Lightyear,” which Andy, the child protagonist of the original film, loved as a boy.

The star most recently voiced the character in 2019’s “Toy Story 4.” In an interview with Extra, Allen addressed the recasting, saying that he mostly stayed away from the online chatter about the film because “it has nothing to do. Throughout the years, fans have fallen in love with Allen’s portrayal of the character. I want to go back into the theater with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common. But here’s the thing: Just as long as people come back to the motion picture theater. When the interviewer then mentioned Evans’ popularity, Hanks responded, “Yeah, yeah, I know.
