Then life happened and Lotso was left behind.
Once upon a time Lotso was the favorite toy of a little girl named Daisy who loved him as much as it is possible for a girl to love a toy and vice versa. Toy Story 3 is the best, darkest, most philosophically and metaphorically rich entry in the Toy Story franchise, one of the greatest and most beloved in all of pop culture, not just animation, in no small part due to Beatty’s masterful performance as Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear (or just Lotso if you’re into the whole brevity thing).
Several decades later, at the very end of an extraordinary career that saw him flourishing in everything from big-budget popcorn fare like Supermanto broodingly intense dramas like Network, All the President’s Men, and Mikey and Nicky, Beatty made an indelible impression as the voice of the head bad guy in a movie nearly as dark as Deliverance but pitched to more of a family audience: 2010’s Toy Story 3, which has the distinction of being one of only three animated films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar ( Up and Beauty and the Beast are the other two). The prolific and distinguished film career of the late Ned Beatty, who died recently at 83, began unforgettably with his debut performance as a city slicker famously admonished to squeal like a pig during a boys trip gone awry alongside Jon Voigt, Ronny Cox, and Burt Reynolds in Deliverance, John Boorman’s classic 1973 exploration of survival.
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