Because Chris Evanstake over the hearth of Buzz Lightyear means honoring the character’s original voice actor.
“It’s a tough legacy to try and touch what Tim Allen did,” Chris exclusively told E! News’ Daily Pops“so you have to respect that and use it as a blueprint, but still try and find ways to supplement your own interpretation.”
The Marvel The star was very excited when she received a call from Disney and Pixar about bringing Buzz’s origin story to life in film Light yearpremieres on June 17. But Chris revealed he was a bit hesitant about it at first.
“My team called and they said, ‘OK, we have everyone.’ Usually, if people get on the call, it’s really good news or really bad news,” he said. Daily Pops. “They said, ‘So, Pixar has a movie. They want to recommend that movie. All they told us was Buzz Lightyear.” I said, “Tim Allen’s Buzz Lightyear, but okay.”
Everything is going for the best, as Chris wrote in a Instagram Posts following the film’s announcement that he “didn’t stop smiling as he saluted the ENTIRE pitch.”
