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In the early 1990s, the When Harry Met Sally actor was initially approached by Pixar about voicing the now-iconic character of Buzz Lightyear, but turned it down on the advice of his agent.He went on to insist that the decision “wasn’t about the character, it was a business thing”, after his “agent said not to do it”.with a fifth instalment currently in the works at Pixar
Fortunately for Billy, he was given another chance to voice a Pixar character in Monsters Inc., which saw him playing Mike Wazowski alongside John Goodman’s James “Sulley” Sullivan. “Two years later when the producers of Toy Story first mentioned Monsters Inc., I said ‘Whatever it is say yes’,” Billy told Graham Norton.
“They convinced me by showing me a screen test they had done of me as Buzz Lightyear in the scene from When Harry Met Sally, where I am yelling about a wagon wheel coffee table. They even had a little Buzz under the table.Billy has since voiced Mike in a prequel, Monsters University, as well as various shorts and a Disney+ sitcom, Monsters At Work.Watch Billy Crystal’s full interview on Friday’s edition of The Graham Norton Show, airing at 10.40pm on BBC One.
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