Toy Story 4 trailer reveals Keanu Reeves' new Canadian character
CBC Radio | Posted: March 19, 2019 6:25 PM | Last Updated: March 19, 2019
The actor will voice a 1970s motorcycle stunt rider named Duke Caboom
Toy Story 4 will hit theatres this June, bringing the characters of Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen) and Bo Peep (Annie Potts) back together again. This time, however, they've made a new friend, and he's distinctly Canadian.
We've known that Keanu Reeves was joining the wildly popular Disney/Pixar franchise, but today the company revealed which character the Canadian actor will be voicing: Duke Caboom. According to the studio, Caboom is a "1970s toy based on Canada's greatest stuntman. Riding his powerful Caboom stunt-cycle, Duke is always prepared to show off his stunt poses with confidence and swagger."
While a motorcycle stuntman is certainly a profession close to Reeve's own interests, the character does sound a lot like Buzz Lightyear, at least on paper. It turns out that Reeves recognized this right away and made Caboom more, well, polite.
So there you have it — a calmer, gentler, motorcycle-riding Buzz Lightyear, which sounds right up Reeves' alley.
Watch the first full-length trailer for Toy Story 4, which comes out June 21, below.