Timothy Dalton's Prickly Part

11 September 2009

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Timothy Dalton is to star in 'Toy Story 3'.

The 63-year-old actor - who played British spy James Bond in 'Licence to Kill' and 'The Living Daylights' - will voice melodramatic hedgehog Mr. Pricklepants in the Disney/Pixar sequel.

If he is allowed to keep his Welsh accent, the actor will be the first Briton to feature in the popular animated franchise.

Disney president John Lasseter announced Dalton's casting yesterday (10.09.09).

He also revealed part of the film's plot, showing excerpts that saw the toys - including Tom Hanks' Woody, Tim Allen's Buzz and Kelsey Grammar's Stinky Pete the Prospector - sent to a daycare centre when their owner Andy grows up and moves to college.

After days of terrible abuse at the hands of toddlers, the toys stage a dramatic break-out before going on the hunt for a new home.

'Cars' star Michael Keaton will also voice a new character in the film - a male Barbie doll called Ken.

Lasseter also used the press conference to unveil two new Disney/Pixar projects, an animation based on the Rapunzel fairytale, which will star Mandy Moore, and a feature-length Winnie the Pooh film due in cinemas in 2011.

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