“It was the biggest mistake of my career,” cried Crystal to anyone who would listen, and so, when he was given a second chance by Pixar to voice Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc., he snapped their hand off.ġ4) The film utilises the much-used ‘Wilhelm Scream’ sound effect (no, not that James Blake song) when Buzz is knocked out of Andy’s window – dating back to the Florida-Western film Distant Drums, its became something of a running joke in the Pixar office, having since used the overdramatic scream in Up, Cars and Toy Story 3.ġ5) During production, Apple guru and the film’s executive producer Steve Jobs called producer Ralph Guggenheim in an attempt to convince him to get Bob Dylan to write original music for the film. The role was then offered to Home Improvement’s Tim Allen, and, well, the rest is history. But the cuddly good-timers over at Disney weren’t too pleased with this characterisation, which resulted in the scriptwriters going back to the drawing board in order to make a far more likable protagonist.ġ2) Some of the original sketches of the Toy Story characters appear as Easter eggs in the film, with one prominent example being some early sketches of Woody, which can be spotted up on the walls of Andy’s bedroom.ġ3) In what is probably one of the most foolish rejections to have ever occurred in cinema history, Billy Crystal declined to voice Buzz Lightyear (“I turned it down because I looked at the script and said, ‘What? Talking toys? What is this all about?’”). What a swizz.ġ1) Early drafts of the script allegedly portrayed Woody as a bully and a “sarcastic jerk”, according to director John Lasseter. Unfortunately, after over two years and nearly 15 million views, Disney recently asked YouTube to take the video down and ended the fun.Ĩ) Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who revels in the fact that he was the second man on the moon, was the inspiration for Buzz Lightyear’s name – but you probably could have guessed that much yourself.ĩ) The Pizza Planet truck that Woody and Buzz mistake for Andy’s car has featured in every Pixar film (bar The Incredibles) since – consistency is key.ġ0) Real-life Woody dolls aren’t voiced by Tom Hanks, who brought the cowboy to life in the film, but by Tom’s brother, Jim, who has also filled in for the Hollywood star on Toy Story video games and various other merchandise outlets.
7) Think you love Toy Story? You don’t love it as much as Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta do – the Arizona pair decided in 2013 that the huge amount of time that they clearly had on their hands should be used to create a live-action shot-for-shot remake of Toy Story, because… well, you’d have to ask them about their precise motivation for such a project.
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