A plastic spork that unexpectedly springs to life and is met with an existential crisis, Tony Hale’s Forky was just one example-a character that playfully called into question the rules of the Toy Story universe, as we’d come to know it. Potato Head in the mix with Toy Story 4, and taking franchise favorite characters Woody and Buzz Lightyear into new territory, Cooley also embraced the opportunity to push creative boundaries, through the addition of new characters. “So, we were able to go through the film and just keep him funny, and there with everybody else.”

A lot of it was on old tapes and stuff like that, but they were able to bring it forward, and we had a lot to choose from-a lot of lines that were recorded for other things that they just never used,” Cooley added. “God bless my editorial team that dug through a lot of that stuff. “So, we reached out to the family and said, ‘This is something we could do, if you’re okay with it.’ And they said, ‘This is something he would have wanted.’”

“We had 25 years of Don speaking, doing lines from all the films, all the shorts, all the video games, all the theme park stuff, all the Ice Capades-everything that he’s done as Mr. Looking to keep Rickles present in the fourth Toy Story film, Cooley was ultimately able to do so, thanks to decades’ worth of material the actor had recorded for the part. 'Toy Story 4': Read Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom's Script For The Franchise Finale Disney/Pixar

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