Bad Bunny was cast in Toy Story 5 as Pizza with Sunglasses after he posted videos of himself playing with Woody and Buzz Lightyear dolls during the coronavirus pandemic.

The 32-year-old music superstar lends his voice to the latest movie in the beloved Pixar animated franchise and director Andrew Stanton has revealed that the crew approached the Puerto Rican rapper after noticing his love for the characters.

Asked how the cameo roles were cast, Stanton said at Toy Story 5's UK Launch Event: "They kind of come up in the moment when you're down to these one-line characters. You find some time to think, 'Who would be perfect for this?' And Alan Cumming was perfect for that role (Evil Bullseye)."

The 60-year-old filmmaker - who has directed previous Pixar classics such as Finding Nemo and WALL-E - continued: "And over the pandemic, we found out that Bad Bunny was a huge Toy Story fan.

"He was making videos with his Toy Story dolls during the pandemic. He was playing with his Buzz, and Woody dolls, and he was doing all of these videos. And so we were like, 'Maybe... it wouldn't hurt to ask him.' And he said yes."

It has been teased that Bad Bunny, who has also featured in movies such as Bullet Train and Caught Stealing, will be making a cameo appearance as one of a group of "forgotten toys".

The studio teased: "Effortlessly cool and mysterious, Pizza with Sunglasses is a member of a small but mighty community of forgotten toys that live in an abandoned backyard shed."

Other famous names lending their voice to Toy Story 5 - which is released in cinemas next month - include Conan O'Brien as potty-training toy Smarty Pants, while Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack all return as Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie respectively.

The new movie sees the toys find themselves under threat when eight-year-old Bonnie (Scarlett Spears) becomes enamoured with her frog-like tablet Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee) but Stanton has stressed that Lilypad is not a villain.

The director - who has contributed to the scripts in all of the previous Toy Story films - told Variety: "She is to the toys because they're understandably intimidated.

"She's just the next phase in Bonnie's life. She's built like a toy in the sense that she wants to help the kid go forward, but she's got very different skills and zero experience, whereas Jessie has nothing but experience and is probably unprepared for what to do."

The film's co-writer Kenna Harris explained that there was lots of debate about whether to make Lilypad the film's antagonist.

They said: "Lots of people at the studio wanted her to be a villain, and it was so hard to strike the balance because I think we all come in with such loaded emotions towards devices. At the end of the day, it never made sense.

"We're not getting rid of these devices, no matter how hard we try. I'm always going to have my phone. I'm probably going to be partially addicted to it. So it felt right for the toys to have to grapple with that nuance."

Joel Dommett hosted the Toy Story 5 UK Launch Event Q+A with Andrew Stanton, Lindsey Collins, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Greta Lee, Sian Welby and Jordan North at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square on Thursday (28.05.26).