My girls were never really into Lightning McQueen, but I know several little boys that just love him - do you have any experiece with this character?
You mean the stock car in the animated Pixar film "Cars". I love that movie!
Yes, that would be him.  Although I think my favorite character in that movie is Mater!!
I bet you think he was names after race car driver Steve McQueen? Well guess what he was actually named after Pixar animator Glenn McQueen
Really - I did not know that at all!!  I wonder where they got the name To-Mater - LOL!
I'm not sure. I All my focus was on that little GT40 stock car.
He is definitely the star of the show - a little boy I know just had a whole 2 year old birthday party themed after him.
storyline left both Lightning McQueen and rivals Chick Hicks ("Cars") and Bobby Swift, Brick Yardley, Cal Weathers and Jackson Storm ("Cars 3") as generic.
In order to create a cocky but likable character for McQueen, Pixar looked at sports figures like boxer Muhammad Ali, basketball player Charles Barkley, and football quarterback Joe Namath, as well as rap and rock singer Kid Rock.
The end result is a character which, despite the usually-meticulous approach to "truth to material"
an actor I’ve ever had in my career. He really challenges you as an actor, and he really pushes you, and he really puts a lot of faith in actors to be able to — I think go further than they’ve ever gone before. Certainly for me on Nip/Tuck. You know, for obvious reasons…things I never thought I’d do. (laughs) But also just emotionally and character-wise and comedically. Every script was just this amazing emotional gymnastics. So that first of