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ChrisCinema t1_jdwn3mt wrote

Reply to comment by QuothTheRaven713 in Why is Cars 2 the Way it is? by CasuallyCarrots

The spy angle came from Lasseter’s love of the genre. In an interview with IGN, he states he grew up with The Man from UNCLE.

Michael Caine’s casting is a clear reference to the Harry Palmer movies from the 1960s.

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CasuallyCarrots OP t1_jdwnw8h wrote

Man thanks for that article, I hadn't seen it, and gives some insight.

Poor guy, missed directing some of his older franchise and comes back to direct Cars 2, netting the lowest feature film ratings out of all of Pixar's work.

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