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On March 10, 2021, a TikTok video that supposedly rang the alarm on a popular misconception about actor Tom Hanks’ role in the marketing of the Pixar-Disney franchise “Toy Story” spread fast on the social media platform.
Under the above-displayed caption (“Toy Story woody isn’t actually voiced by Tom Hanks!”), the TikTok video showed an interview with Hanks, who is the known voice actor of the “Woody” character in the “Toy Story” movie franchise, and BBC’s Graham Norton at an unidentified time.
In the interview shown in the TikTok video, Norton pulled the string of a talking Woody toy triggering prerecorded audio of catch phrases from the animated film series and then had the following exchange with Hanks: