“We were having her really challenge Woody’s point of view of what a toy is, could be – that intrigued us,” says “Toy Story 4” producer Mark Nielsen. Yet what if her path now took a dynamic turn and she shed her child ownership, becoming as confidently adventuresome within her animated world as any Disney heroine, be it Mulan or Captain Marvel? What if she boldly embraced the unsheltered “lost toy” life? She had a limited role in the action scenes, too, suggesting she was perhaps as fragile as porcelain itself. From there, things began to snowball – until the studio’s code name for the entire movie became “Peep.”īo had been a secondary character in the first two “Toy Story” movies – Woody’s minimally developed romantic interest. He shared his tale of Erin’s early belief with the story team. I had people ask me: ‘Why is this character in the movie?’ “ “And the one thing I couldn’t let go of was Bo Peep. Once Cooley was hired to direct the fourth “Toy Story,” he was “given free rein to rethink everything,” he says. “But she’s like: ‘Nope, I believe in you 100%.’ “ “She was giving me hope and I was mad at her,” he recounts. Erin replied: “Well, you’re going to work there someday.”Ĭooley was initially upset – such pressure – before he weighed her words. “I had no idea they’re so close,” the filmmaker recalls saying. One day, as Josh and Erin were tooling around the Bay Area, they drove past the Pixar gates. He was fresh out of the Academy of Art in San Francisco – where he met his future wife, Erin – and living with his parents. No character emerges from Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” exuding a stronger sense of self than Bo (voiced by the returning Annie Potts), who has left behind the world of toy servitude to children, now fearlessly careening her way through a fairground of bright, whirring wonders – a colorful setting that could neatly symbolize Pixar’s Emeryville, California, headquarters.īo’s empowered “Toy Story 4” presence itself rises like a symbol, reflecting the contributions of leading women every creative step of the way.īo’s evolution to bold adventurer began, in a way, before “Toy Story 4” director Josh Cooley had even been hired at Pixar. Last seen in a feature film in 1999’s “Toy Story 2,” the porcelain-skinned shepherd disappeared until recently, as the new “Toy Story 4” gives her something even better than an agent – her own feeling of agency. For two decades, Bo Peep appeared to lose not only her sheep but also the number of her Hollywood rep.
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