
They recorded their parts separately, with only filmmakers and recording personnel present, as is standard operating procedure with animated films.

Oddly, she and co-star Keaton never worked face-to-face. I know I cried when I saw it, and not just because I worked on the movie." There's even more action, excitement, laughs and scenes to make you cry. "I, personally, think this is the best of the movies. "She - and I - get to do a little bit of everything in this film," Benson said, laughing. And Barbie is also instrumental in helping her fellow toys escape from captivity in a day-care center. While Barbie was relegated to a quick cameo in 1999's "Toy Story 2," she has one of the meatiest roles in the new film.Ī major subplot in "Toy Story 3" concerns her new relationship with a Ken doll (voiced by Michael Keaton). (She and other voice stars were in Southern California over the weekend to promote the new movie.)īenson provides the voice for Barbie, one of the many toys in the movies that come to life when their owners aren't around. And you know that whatever they come up with, it would be a great story and a really fun ride," the 48-year-old voice actress said during a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "If anyone could find a really good reason for the characters to return, it would be these guys. "And I am so grateful to be part of the Disney and Pixar magic that I don't want the experience to ever be over."īesides, "you can never say never when the Pixar geniuses are concerned. I've just had so much fun making two of these movies," she said.

"It may sound selfish of me, but I don't want this to be it, for the story to be over.

The new, computer-animated feature "Toy Story 3" appears to bring the decadeslong adventures of the beloved characters to an end.īut if Jodi Benson has her say, this would only be the beginning - or perhaps the middle - of the blockbuster, G-rated cartoon feature series.
