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Chris Evans fulfilled a dream working with Pixar on โLightyearโ.
The 41-year-old actor voices Buzz Lightyear in the origin story for the iconic โToy Storyโ character and signed up for the movie to collaborate with the company behind animated classics such as โFinding Nemoโ and โThe Incrediblesโ.
Chris told Variety: โWell, to be honest, what interested me was working with Pixar. The premise was not inconsequential, obviously, you want to make sure that theyโre going to make a good movie.
โBut you trust in Pixar, my trust, they have so much goodwill. Iโve never seen Pixar miss, so I didnโt really worry too much about the story itself. I was just thrilled that Pixar was calling.โ
Chris also discussed the comparisons between Buzz and his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) alter ego Captain America and also considered the parallels between Buzz and the Pixar animators behind the movie.
He said: โSure, I mean, there are a lot of similarities between the characters. Fundamentally, theyโre very different men.
โI was fascinated about how Buzz could almost be more connected to what Pixar animators deal with. It literally takes four years to make these movies, so these men and women disappear for four years and pour themselves into these projects.
โAnd they said, every time they make a movie, when they come out, the world has changed. And I just thought that parallel was really, really interesting, and I was happy for the Pixar animations that they somehow got to inject their experience into this movie.
Previous reports have claimed that Chris had been set to return to the MCU as Captain America for at least one more project in a โvague wayโ but he poured cold water on the speculation.
He said: โThe vague way is from rumours online. Thatโs the vague way. Unfortunately, thatโs not the case.โ