Keanu Reeves joins cast of Toy Story 4 as a ‘tiny Buzz Lightyear’ alongside Tom Hanks and Tim Allen

KEANU Reeves has joined the cast of Toy Story 4, it has been confirmed.

Keanu's role has been likened to a "tiny Buzz Lightyear", according to Tim Allen - who lends his voice to central character Buzz Lightyear.

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Toy Story 4 also stars the likes of Tom Hanks and John Cusack, and is due to hit cinemas next June.

Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Tim revealed: "Keanu Reeves has got a great part.

"Actually, a little inside story, even [Reeves] said - gentle, wonderful guy that he is - 'This [character] sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear.'

"And his character does have an edge to that.

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"And the guy said: 'So we calmed him down a little bit' - and they reminded me his toy is only that big."

Tim then held up his fingers to reveal the small size of Keanu's character.

The 65-year-old actor previously confessed that he found filming the latest Toy Story instalment "emotional", admitting that he struggled to "get through" the film's final scenes.

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Appearing on The Talk in September, Tim explained: "I've got to resist getting emotional because I don't want to give it away, but this is an incredibly great story.

"It is so emotional, it’s so funny, it’s so big, the idea they’ve come up with, I’m startled.

"I couldn’t even get through the last scene. I would love to be a Washington leaker, I just can't do it, I can't give any more away, they've got great characters.

"A couple of scenes at the end were really hard to get through."

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The first Toy Story film was released in 1995 and followed the toys that belonged to a young boy called Andy - namely cowboy Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, and Buzz Lightyear.

The first sequel was released in 1999, with Toy Story 3 hitting our screens in 2010.

Earlier this month, fans went into meltdown when the first trailer for Toy Story 4 was revealed, due for release on 21 June.

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