Chris Evans Talks 'Big Shoes To Fill' Playing Buzz at 'Lightyear' at Red Carpet Premiere (Exclusive)

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Chris Evans is not taking his iconic role as Buzz Lightyear lightly!Evans, 40, walked the red carpet at the premiere of at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday, and the star spoke with ET's Matt Cohen about his hotly anticipated new project.When asked about how it felt to deliver Buzz's most famous line — «To infinity and beyond!» — Evans admitted that it was genuinely «nerve-racking.»«Because it's something that we all know from someone else,» Evans said, referring to Tim Allen's delivery of the line as Buzz Lightyear in the franchise. «So it's big shoes to fill and you want to put your own interpretation on it, but you also have to make sure you pay homage to what we all know and what we all love.»is not technically a  movie, in the sense some might expect.

Instead, it's a meta take on an origin story for the toy character people fell in love with in the franchise. Just as introduced — the 1950s children's television show that inspired the Woody cowboy doll — is the movie within the universe that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figure coveted by young Andy in the franchise's first film.«The truth is… this is the character the toy is based off of,» Evans explained of his role in. «So you can't make pure, fresh tracks in the show.

You have to acknowledge that.»The idea for the origin story was crafted by longtime Pixar animator and director Angus MacLane, who found a unique way to explore a new side of the beloved hero.«Buzz is a character I've always been pretty interested in and connected to, since I started on as an animator, and I've always been kind of drawn to him,» MacLane told ET in an interview last year.