The stunning allegation - made as part of a larger protest over the company’s lack of public response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill - did not include which Pixar films had weathered the censorship, nor which specific creative decisions were cut or altered.īut in at least one case, the statement appears to have made a significant difference.Īccording to a source close to the production, Pixar’s next feature film, “ Lightyear” - starring Chris Evans as the putative real-life inspiration for the “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear - does feature a significant female character, Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), who is in a meaningful relationship with another woman. On March 9, LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios sent a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming that Disney executives had actively censored “overtly gay affection” in its feature films.
