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During the actor's appearance on 'The Tonight Show' on Monday, he explained to host Jimmy Fallon that he and frequent collaborator Peele were able to improvise during their scenes in 'Toy Story 4.'

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00:00And then it was one of these weird moments where I just looked at Jordan.

00:02Jordan looked at me and all of a sudden said,

00:03We got a kid! We got a kid! We're doing the song and singing songs and singing songs!

00:09Keegan-Michael Key stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and talked about

00:12teaming back up with his buddy Jordan Peele on Toy Story 4 and how the two were even

00:16able to sneak in a song into the movie. The actors both star in the film as new

00:20characters Ducky and Bunny, and Key noted that the duo was able to have a lot of

00:24free reign with the improvisation. So much, in fact, that the two were expected to

00:28make up a song on the fly.

00:30They put a bunch of lyrics down for us one day and they said,

00:32So once you guys find out that this thing's gonna happen, we were wondering if you could

00:35just kind of burst in song. And we're like, Oh yeah, whatever song you want.

00:38And they're like, No, we don't really have the song. Could you write a song?

00:43According to Key, it shockingly came naturally to them. They looked at each other,

00:46and the next thing you knew?

00:47We got a kid! We got a kid! We're doing the song and singing songs and singing songs!

00:53They sang the song for 20 minutes straight, but apparently only about five seconds of it

00:57made the cut. Key also spoke about some pressure he may have felt being a part of two high-profile

01:02movies like Toy Story 4 and The Lion King.

01:04I feel like I'm Betsy Ross, and they're like, We need another star on that flag. We want

01:09Keegan to sew it. You want me to sew it? You know what I mean?

01:11In regards to his role in The Lion King, Key explained that he plays one of the hyenas,

01:15but wasn't entirely sure which one of them he was going to be playing from the original.

01:18Because if I had a choice, I would like to be the Cheech Marin, if you don't mind,

01:21because I'd rather have words as my lines other than just going...

01:25I'd rather that not be the guy I play.

01:28And as far as the film's soundtrack goes, Key mentioned that he did offer to sing on it,

01:32but they already had someone else that might have been better suited.

01:35I said, Would you guys want me to do Circle of Life? They're like, We got Beyoncé.

01:39To check out Keegan-Michael Key's full Tonight Show appearance, head over to THR.com.

01:45And until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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