Saying goodbye to Woody was “terrible” for actor Tom Hanks.
Hanks has been part of the Toy Story franchise for 25 years as the voice of the beloved character Woody. Saying goodbye, he recalls, was an emotional moment.
The host of The Graham Norton Show asked the 62-year-old actor what it was like to be in the voice booth for the very last time.
“It was terrible, it was terrible,” Hanks said. “I started recording Woody in 1991. That’s when we got together to do the first one.”
He added: “You record these things over about four years, and the last session — I thought it would just be odds and ends — but I was in the same studio with the same microphone, and they said ‘OK, great, thanks.’ And just like that, 20 however many years were over.”
“My lip started quivering. You ever do this, when you’re so uncomfortable all you can say is, ‘Well, oh, my my. Oh my, my my my my. Oh, well.’ And the only thing to do was to go and get in my car and drive away.”
The latest installment in the franchise, Toy Story 4 premiered on June 20 and has dominated the box office grossing $118 million in its inaugural weekend.
