Speaking to USA Today about the same-sex kiss in Alisa's montage, award-winning actress Uzo Aduba, who voices Alisha, said: 'What this film does is handle love and those stories the way that they should be, that they are not the totality of a person. If you imagine that this is the movie that Andy saw, then it's like these people were always a part of the story, and so it's good to make sure that that's represented in film and in art.' 'And it just shows the representation of what our world has always looked like. Young kids today and the kids that will be coming after them, just to have this in the atmosphere, it just continues to normalize what's always been there.
Reflecting on how younger audiences will react to the relationship, Palmer said: 'I think they'll love it. Speaking to Newsweek, Keke Palmer, who voices Alisha's granddaughter Izzy Hawthorne in the movie, shared that she 'loves' how the movie 'normalizes same-sex relationships.' Disney/PixarĪt the end of the hyper speed tests, Alisha also leaves Buzz a message from her deathbed, telling him she lived a very good life. Izzy is queer character Alisha's granddaughter. A still from 'Lightyear' featuring Keke Palmer's character Izzy Hawthorne with Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) and Sox (Peter Sohn).
