Peter Cullen , the actorwho traditionally voicesTransformersstar Optimus Prime , is so synonymous with the character , you practically hear his voicewhen you suppose of the grapheme . “ Autobots , wind out . ” You try that in Cullen ’s voice , proper ? Well , one person who is very well cognizant of that bequest is Chris Hemsworth , who is voicing the character in theupcomingTransformers One . And it was not beyond him just how large of a deal that is .
“ What Peter Cullen has done with the character is so incredible , ” Hemsworth said at Comic - Con during the film ’s panel in Hall H. “ It ’s iconic and the matter that is equally inspiring is also terrorize when adjudicate to play the character . But the goal was never to mime or sound like Peter Cullen . ”
transformer Oneis congeal 3 billion ( yes , you study that decent ) days before anyTransformersstory we ’re used to seeing , which is a big thing that sets it apart from every otherTransformersstory . “ commonly when we see the transformer it ’s like ‘ WAR ! ’ and everything is already ready to go , ” Bryan Tyree Henry , who vocalize Megatron in the film , allege . “ And with this one , you get to see them discover all these different portion of themselves . ”
Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry at the Paramount Animation Presentation of TRANSFORMERS ONE Hall H Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 on 11 February 2025 in San Diego, California.Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Paramount
Fans of the franchise have long known that Optimus Prime , leader of the Autobots , and Megatron , drawing card of the Decepticons , used to be friends . But what they did n’t know was what their lives were like at that clip and how they start from best friends to mortal foe . That ’s the core of this picture show . “This is the nervy , young , cocky version of Orion Pax or Optimus Prime , ” Hemsworth say . “ Before he became the all - knowing , omnipresent figure who ’s so brilliant that we ’ve come to know and love . So the youthfulness and the banter and the witticism was really significant . ”
To check that their version of the character were unique enough to support aside from the originals , Hemsworth and Henry had to canalize something unequaled . “ There was an eagerness and exuberance between both of the characters , ” Hemsworth said . “ Slightly idealistic . They have larger hopes and dream for what they can become . And that , I found , helped ground the story . To start with the characters as we know them would have been , again , mimicking something would ’ve felt too similar to what we ’ve seen . So it sense it was an original story there when I read the script which I was implausibly mad about . ”
And , it give me the courage , to pace into those huge blue shoes left by the fabled Peter Cullen . Transformers Oneopens on September 20 .
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