I wasn’t used to that, it’s something that’s transformed-pardon the pun-over the years. When I worked on the first game, though, those guys were a joy to work with as well, but there was a such a respect for the character from the beginning. But our working relationship is wonderful. I actually had to audition for him twice. With Michael Bay, that’s an experience unto itself, having been intimidated by the fact that he’s a great director of these huge films. How is working with Michael Bay, who’s directing Extinction, different from working with the people making Dark Spark? They’re similar. You’re doing the voice of Optimus Prime in both the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction and the game Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. One day, we were standing out on his porch, sipping lemonade, I told him, “This is a phenomenon, and you’re a part of it because I based the character on you.” And he was humbled by that, almost embarrassed. I assume your brother knows you based Optimus Prime on him, right? Yeah. I have to give credit to the people who wrote the G1 cartoons. It also helped that it was written really well. Not just his voice, which is deeper than mine, but an impression of his qualities as a human being. Don’t be a phony hero who yells and screams and stuff.” And since my brother had always been an inspiration to me - he was a real hero and a real leader - when I was at the audition, and started reading the lines, I started doing an impression of my brother. But he’s a hero and a leader,” my brother said, “Well, then be a real hero. When you originally auditioned for the role of Optimus Prime, how many different voices did you try out before you found the right one? Well, I didn’t have far to go for inspiration because that morning, when I was going to the audition, my brother Larry asked me where I was going, and when I said, “I’m going to audition for the part of a leader. With Transformers: Age of Extinction coming to theaters June 25th, and Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, WiiU, PC, and the 3DS on June 27th, we spoke to the man about where he got that wonderful voice and if he ever uses it to order pizza. But for thirty years, Peter Cullen has been best known as the commanding voice of Optimus Prime, first in the original Transformers cartoons, and later in the live-action movies, newer ’toons, and numerous video games. He was the voice of Eeyore on Winnie the Pooh, did gigantic gorilla grunts in 1976’s King Kong, and was even the announcer for The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour.
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