Superherohype has posted an interview with Peter Cullen from Friday when he hosted a press conference about the special features of the HD-DVD version of Transformers.
The full interview is here.
Some highlights:
- Not comfortable with celebrity, likes the anonymity that voice over work brings.
- Slight changes where made to his Optimus voice to "justify its size relative to the actors on screen." (Personally I can't tell if a change was made or not. So it one was made compliments to the sound crew for making it near invisible).
- Wasn't really aware of the popularity of Transformers until his first convention in 98 or 99 (probably Botcon which is held annually in various locations) after being encouraged by his daughter to go.
- Did audition with Bay for the role of Optimus for the movie.
- HD-DVD features: Picture in picture during the commentary so can see Bay, Spielberg and other filmmakers. Disc 2 allows zoom and 350 view of the robots.
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ReplyDeleteNice interview with Mr. Cullen. It's funny, he says he was intimidated by the "big names" at the premiere. I went to the movie to see OP and hear his voice again, not to see any "stars." Everyone I know said the same thing. In fact, I wasn't planning on seeing the movie until I heard he was involved.
ReplyDeleteHowever, is it too much to ask the interviewer to write and post this article with correct spelling and grammar? It makes the site and Mr. Cullen look bad.
Send it to me and I'll edit it! I do that for a living. How do I get in touch with the superherohype.com people?
http://quotableoptimusprime.blogspot.com
I'm just joining the message boards now... I'll post the links in there too, but these are some videos I made... maybe, for feed back and entertainment, you could post it on the main blog page here? Just a thought. You're choice obviously.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtube.com/watch?v=05tcJdQ4Nkw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Iro8lyS9HNk
They are transformers stop-motion videos... in case you wanted to know before you watched.
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