Bad Bunny will soon be slicing it up with the rest of the star-studded cast of the upcoming film “Toy Story 5” as the voice of a new character, Pizza with Sunglasses.
Disney and Pixar announced the Grammy winner’s inclusion in the movie Tuesday afternoon.
The “Nuevayol” singer’s character is described as “[e]ffortlessly cool and mysterious” and a “member of a small but mighty community of forgotten toys that live in an abandoned backyard shed.”
He joins a voice cast that has long included Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn. Bad Bunny will be part of a host of newcomers to the franchise, alongside Conan O’Brien, Craig Robinson and Greta Lee — she plays the lead villain Lilypad, a smart tablet that threatens to render the other toys obsolete.
The “Dakiti” artist’s role in the long-running animated franchise marks his first voice-acting gig, but not his first foray into the world of “Toy Story.”
While cooped up in his house during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bad Bunny posted several videos of himself on social media re-creating and improvising skits with “Toy Story” figurines. He dubbed the series “Toy Story in the Times of Coronavirus.” In the sketches he flexed his vocal abilities by putting on over-the-top voices as he played the roles of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex and Forky.
The 32-year-old reggaetonero previously landed supporting roles in such films as “Happy Gilmore 2,” “Bullet Train,” “Caught Stealing” and “Cassandro.” Earlier this year, he was cast in his first leading role in Puerto Rican rapper Residente’s directorial debut “Porto Rico.”
The role continues Bad Bunny’s year of milestones. In early February, the “Baile Inolvidable” singer became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for album of the year with an all-Spanish LP (“Debí Tirar Más Fotos”). A few weeks later, he made history once again by becoming the first fully Spanish-language act to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
