Among Disney’s numerous animated productions, in addition to ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’, without a doubt, one of the biggest franchises of the production company is ‘Toy Story’, made in collaboration with Disney. pixar.
The Disney films that portray the lives of toys when their owners are not around has been a great success since its release in 1995, and among its best-known characters are the doll Woody and his colleague Buzz Lightyear. However, like many other characters from the brand, they have their curiosities, and knowing that RECREIO went after 5 incredible facts that you need to know about Woody from ‘Toy Story’. Check it out below:
1. Woody as Villain
He was Jeffery Katzenbergpresident of disney, which put pressure on Pixar to turn the leader of the toys into an unpleasant character. In the first version of the initial test of the feature, the character had attitudes of a dictator instead of a leader.
Another curious fact of this discarded version of the film was that Woody actively tried to murder Buzz Lightyear.
2. Woody has a full name
Like Buzz Lightyear, Woody also has a full name, and in his case, according to Lee Unkrichdirector of Toy Story 3, the character is called “Woody Pride”.
Still, according to the director of the third feature in the franchise, the character’s last name has been a basic character element of Woody since the development of the first film.
3. The Motivation of ‘Toy Story 2’
When Pixar realized the success of the first film, it saw that a second feature for the franchise would have great potential.
For ‘Toy Story 2’ to happen, there was an antecedent motivation to this production. Everything happened when John Lasseter was at an airport and, at the time, saw a boy with his Woody character doll. Like this, John states that that scene became a necessary motivation for the production of the second feature to take place.
4. Second hand
Second John, Woody may mean more to Andy than anyone else. This is because, in the opinion of Lasseterobserving the general opinion, he comments that the character of ‘Toy Story’ was a second-hand toy from Andy’s father, thus making the love that Andy feels for Woody to be a real feeling.
5. Woody as a Mannequin
In the film’s initial design, Woody was supposed to be a discarded ventriloquist’s dummy. However, along with his team, John decided to discard Tinny and give Woody more prominence, causing him to be turned into a string doll instead of a strange mannequin.
Source: Recreio
