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Tom Hanks Is Confused Why Tim Allen Isn’t Voicing Buzz Lightyear In New Film

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The new Disney film Lightyear is now out. Fans have mixed reactions to the film, which explains the backstory of the hero Buzz Lightyear, which inspired the toy in the Toy Story films. Many fans are confused why Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films, was not asked to be the voice of Buzz in Lightyear.

Instead, Chris Evans voiced the iconic character. Among those confused is Tom Hanks, who voiced Woody in all of the Toy Story films. Tom was asked if it was odd to have a movie in theaters at the same time as Lightyear. Tom stars as Colonel Tom Parker in the new Elvis biopic.

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Tom Hanks doesn’t understand why Tim Allen isn’t the voice of Buzz in ‘Lightyear’

TOY STORY 2, from left: Tim Allen (voice of Buzz Lightyear), Tom Hanks (voice of Woody), 1999. ph: Linda R. Chen / © Buena Vista / courtesy Everett Collection

He responded, “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.” However, he backtracked by saying the most important thing was getting people back into movie theaters.

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TOY STORY, from left: Buzz Lightyear (voice: Tim Allen), Woody (voice: Tom Hanks), 1995. ph: © Buena Vista Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

Tom added, “I want to go back into the theater 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 them, I’m looking forward to that.”

LIGHTYEAR, Buzz Lightyear (voice: Chris Evans), 2022. © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

Tim also broke his silence on the new film by saying, “I’ve stayed out of this ’cause it has nothing to do [with my character]. There’s really no ‘Toy Story’ Buzz without Woody… It just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy.”

Do you like Chris as the voice of the new Buzz or would you prefer that Tim came back to voice the iconic character?

RELATED: Disney Promises They’re Not Recasting Buzz Lightyear Due To Tim Allen’s Politics

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