Living toys could’ve felt strange… even creepy. Disney needed one thing above all else:
Trust.
So they called Tom Hanks.
To convince him, Pixar animated a prototype Woody to Hanks’ own audio from Turner & Hooch — a Disney-owned Touchstone film.
A tiny cowboy doll synced to his frustrated, heartfelt performance.
Tom Hanks saw the humor. He saw the heart. He was in.
And that everyman warmth?
It became Woody — the emotional center of Toy Story and the voice of childhood for an entire generation.
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