Chris Hemsworth Was Terrified to Voice Optimus Prime in Transformers One

Peter Cullen, the histrion who traditionally voices Transformers prima Optimus Prime, is truthful synonymous with the character, you practically perceive his dependable when you deliberation of the character. “Autobots, rotation out.” You heard that successful Cullen’s voice, right? Well, 1 idiosyncratic who is precise good alert of that bequest is Chris Hemsworth, who is voicing the quality successful the upcoming Transformers One. And it was not beyond him conscionable however large of a woody that is.

“What Peter Cullen has done with the quality is truthful incredible,” Hemsworth said astatine Comic-Con during the movie’s sheet successful Hall H. “It’s iconic and the happening that is arsenic inspiring is besides terrifying erstwhile trying to play the character. But the extremity was ne'er to mimic oregon dependable similar Peter Cullen.”

Transformers One is acceptable 3 cardinal (yes, you work that right) years earlier immoderate Transformers communicative we’re utilized to seeing, which is simply a large happening that sets it isolated from each different Transformers story. “Usually erstwhile we spot the Transformers it’s similar ‘WAR!’ and everything is already acceptable to go,” Bryan Tyree Henry, who voices Megatron successful the film, said. “And with this one, you get to spot them observe each these antithetic parts of themselves.”

Fans of the franchise person agelong known that Optimus Prime, person of the Autobots, and Megatron, person of the Decepticons, utilized to beryllium friends. But what they didn’t cognize was what their lives were similar astatine that clip and however they went from champion friends to mortal enemies. That’s the halfway of this film. “This is the brash, young, cocky mentation of Orion Pax oregon Optimus Prime,” Hemsworth said. “Before helium became the all-knowing, omnipresent fig who’s truthful superb that we’ve travel to cognize and love. So the youthfulness and the banter and the wit was truly important.”

To marque definite their versions of the characters were unsocial capable to basal isolated from the originals, Hemsworth and Henry had to transmission thing unique. “There was an eagerness and enthusiasm betwixt some of the characters,” Hemsworth said. “Slightly idealistic. They person larger hopes and dreams for what they tin become. And that, I found, helped crushed the story. To statesman with the characters arsenic we cognize them would person been, again, mimicking thing would’ve felt excessively akin to what we’ve seen. So it felt it was an archetypal communicative determination erstwhile I work the publication which I was incredibly excited about.”

And, it gave maine the courage, to measurement into those immense bluish shoes near by the legendary Peter Cullen. Transformers One opens connected September 20.

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