How Toy Story 4 will pay tribute to the late Mr Potato Head actor Don Rickles

23 April 2019, 12:49 | Updated: 23 April 2019, 12:50

Toy Story 4's director has confirmed that Mr Potato Head will appear in the upcoming film

Toy Story 4 will pay tribute to Mr Potato Head actor Don Rickles, who sadly died in 2017 aged 90.

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The stand up comedian died before he had a chance to record any material for the upcoming film, but the character will still make an appearance.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley revealed that the character would feature - as his family had given permission for them to use old recordings.

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“Of course we loved Don obviously, and after he passed, his family contacted us and asked if there was any way that we could create a performance using the recordings that we had,” said Cooley.

"Now, he signed to be in Toy Story 4 . Unfortunately we did not get a chance to record him for the film. But we went through, jeez, 25 years of everything we didn’t use for  Toy Story 1 , 2 , 3 , the theme parks, the ice capades, the video games – everything that he’s recorded for Mr Potato Head. And we were able to do that.

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"I'm very honoured that they asked us to do that, and I’m very honoured that he’s in the film. Nobody can replace him."

Cooley also tweeted: '“Some people say funny things, I say things funny.” -Don Rickles

'All of his pieces may be replaceable, but his voice is not. Honored he signed on for TS4, honored he’s in TS4.'