Tony Hale thought a ‘huge star’ would replace him in ‘Toy Story 4’

Tony Hale sat down for an interview where he opened up about his role in Toy Story 4 and the upcoming follow up.

He admitted that despite having worked on his part years ago, he didn’t think he would be in the film, "It wasn't until I heard my voice on the Toy Story 4 trailer that I actually thought I was still in it. It wasn’t until then.”

“The whole time I was like, ‘They're going to cut me. They're going to replace me with some huge star,'" the actor told People.

About his character, Forky, he mused, “When you were playing in a world of Forky from Toy Story, it means just the power of simplicity. That's why children's books are so popular. I mean, sometimes adults gravitate to children's books because of the simplicity.”

“What I loved is [Forky] was the first toy that was made by a kid," Hale added. "So talk about simplicity. I mean, it was like a spork and some pipe cleaner arms, some popsicle feet.”

“He just had this kind of wide-eyed simplicity and newness to him that was just so beautiful,” he observed.

Hale also admitted that he knows nothing about the plot of Toy Story 5, “They give you pieces of the script, and so I saw glimpses, but the glimpses I saw are pretty cool. I don't want to lose the surprise. I want to be completely surprised with Toy Story 5.”

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