Voice actor Peter Cullen arrives at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in June 2009. Other actors have played Optimus Prime in various iterations of Transformers over the years, but Cullen happily returned to the role for the live-action film franchise. The live-action films have embraced the latest in visual affects - but the movies have also called back to the series’ past, through the voice of Peter Cullen.Ĭullen, 72, was the first actor to give voice to Optimus Prime - the leader of the Autobots, and the series’ metal, robotic heart - on the original Transformers cartoon show in the 1980s. Director Michael Bay’s film franchise has consistently topped charts since the first film arrived in theaters in 2007. Transformers: Age of Extinction has smashed its way to the No. Considering the cost difference between Peter Cullen and regular voice actors, that seems like a creative way to give people the best possible performance at the lowest cost, even if it's not ideal.Īnd it's fantastic compared to the garbage quality voice work in the non-union Netflix shows, who recast even the cheaper voice actors like Garry Chalk.Listen to NPR’s Arun Rath speak to voice actor Peter Cullen, the voice of Transformers’ Optimus Prime: Peter Cullen explained that they spent 3-4 months working with a low-budget (but still union) voice actor to craft the performance, and then spent one day asking Peter Cullen to just copy what the other actor did. So it's not surprising that Travis Knight was looking for ways to cut costs and save some money. That means that those expensive CG scenes weren't included in the original budgeting, and the movie was on track to go over-budget. It wasn't normal, and we shouldn't take that level of greatness for granted.įor Bumblebee, most of Optimus Prime's scenes were added late in development, after the Bayverse started bombing, and Hasbro gave Travis Knight permission to twist the movie into a soft-reboot. Transformers Prime was exceptional because they shelled out a lot of money to get Peter Cullen and Frank Welker back onto the cartoons. But I wouldn't give Bay credit for "respect" since he decided that Hugo Weaving would be a better Megatron than Frank Welker. Transformers (2007) brought Cullen back because it was a movie, and they could finally afford him again. Transformers The Movie (1986) had expensive, Hollywood-level actors (Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Orson freaking Welles), who all got replaced with regular low-budget voice actors for season 3 of G1, because basic voice actors are just cheaper than movie actors.īeast Wars starred Garry Chalk instead of Peter Cullen, because by that point Peter Cullen was much more famous and cost more than any simple cartoon could afford. I don't think that Travis Knight "didn't want" Peter Cullen, I think it was just an issue of "money". TFnation Mini-Con:Manchester (Manchester, UK) - Mar 25th, 2023ĭair圜on 2022 (Fond du Lac, WI) - Apr 14-15th, 2023 Look for "(Your country) Sightings" and post what you've found!īrickseek US Retail Inventory Checker - Walmart - Target While posts about new figure sightings are not forbidden, the sub has several chat rooms which are more appropriate for them. Practice good reddiquette and be mindful of the general Reddit content policy. Please review the subreddit rules before posting for the first time.
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