There is a very important group of special "actors" in the Transformers movie, who bring humanity and warmth to the film, that is, the voice actors behind the scenes. Most of the Transformers in the film are voiced by Hollywood stars or professional voice actors. These voice actors are no less powerful than the male and female protagonists. Let's take a look at the big names who voice the Autobots and Decepticons behind the scenes.
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Optimus Prime – Peter Cullen
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"Autobots, Transform and Roll Out. deformation! Let's go! "American Uncle Peter Cullen's sonorous roar, adrenaline instantly burst out of wood there is?
Peter Cullen , born on July 28, 1944 , has voiced Optimus Prime, the number one character in the Transformers series, for more than 30 years, from animation to movies, and his iconic voice is an erasable memory in the childhood of the post-80s, post-90s and even post-00s.
"In 1984, I was honored to be chosen to portray this completely different heroic leader." The reason for his success in shaping Optimus Prime, Peter recalls, was the biggest motivation that his brother Larry Cullen brought to him. A former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, Lai Rui has always been Peter's hero. "That day, my agent told me to go to the studio audition. Before I could drive, six-foot-tall Larry stopped me, 'Peter, where are you going?' I said I was going to voice a truck and he laughed like crazy. I added that it was a hero truck. He became serious again and said to me deeply, 'If you're going to be a hero, be a real hero, strong enough but personable.' You give me to remember. When the microphone came down, I remembered what Larry had said to me, and then read the first line, 'I'm Optimus Prime, from the planet Cybertron.' When I was done, I breathed a sigh of relief, wow, I've never done it before. ”
Surprisingly, Peter, who voiced such a wise, calm, brave and majestic super leader as Optimus Prime, and once voiced Eeyore the little donkey in "Winnie the Pooh", is it very cute?
In fact, Peter is a kind and lovely grandfather in life. At last year's Cybertan Annual Meeting in Shanghai, he enthusiastically signed a group photo for fans, polite and humorous. Officially such a grandfather, along with all the voice actors, brings the warmth behind the scenes to our favorite fictional characters.
Wei Zhentian - Hugo Viven
Behind the villain Wei Zhentian, there is one of Australia's most famous actors to voice it, that is, Hugo Viven. Most of Wei Zhentian's voice came from Hugo, but some of his domineering voice came from a tiger with emphysema. In order to make the sound of "Wei Zhentian" sound more wild, the sound engineers made a special trip to the zoo to find inspiration. Finally, a tiger with emphysema in the zoo aroused their interest, and the crazy wheezing sound of the film came from this tiger.
Hugo Weaving was born on 4 April 1960 in Ibadan, Nigeria, of Australian nationality. He has starred in many classic characters:
In 1999, his role as Operative Smith in The Matrix increased his global reach.
In 2004, his performance in The Matrix 2: Reloaded was nominated for Best Fight Scene at the 13th MTV Movie Awards.
In 2001, he interpreted the character of Elrond, the elven lord, in trilogies such as the magical epic film The Lord of the Rings: The Messenger of the Rings, which established his position in the international film world.
In 2006, Hugo Viven starred as the protagonist V in V-Vendetta. Well-planned and agile, V strives to overthrow the authoritarian government, inspires the courage of the people to resist, and steps on the road of justice but does not hesitate. The image of V, a mysterious figure in a Guy Fox mask who seeks to create socio-political change while secretly pushing for fierce private revenge, is familiar to everyone.
Beginning in 2007, he voiced Wei Zhentian in the Transformers film series.
In 2011, Hugo Viven played the villain of the movie Captain America, "Red Skull", and played six roles in the movie "Cloud Atlas".
Just the above few roles can be seen that Hugo's film status is by no means lower than the male and female protagonists in Transformers. Being voiced by Hugo should be the greatest luck of the character of Wei Zhentian.
Bumblebee – Mark Ryan
Whether in animation or movies, Bumblebee is always the closest Transformers to humans, he does not speak much, but always appears at key moments, and is Optimus Prime and the most loyal friend of human beings. His voice actor is Mark Ryan of the United Kingdom, born on 7 June 1956 in Yorkshire, and an assistant director. In addition, his works such as "Deadly Magic" and "Thunderbolt Baby" are noteds.
In addition, Mark also provided a voice for the villain Confinement in "Change 4". As a bounty hunter, confinement is characterized by its cunning and greed that cannot be expressed through metal facial expressions, so Mark's voice has become the most important way to interpret the characteristics of confinement.
Red Spider - Voiced by Adler Charles
"Often only cowards can live longer..." This is the classic line of the Red Spider in "Change 2", and Charles Adler accurately shows the cunning side of the Red Spider.
Red Spider is the second person of the Decepticon Tiger, cunning and unschemisting, although he has always coveted the leadership position of Wei Zhentian and is undisguised, but he has not been able to achieve his wishes. The Red Spider is even more ruthless and belligerent than Wei Zhentian, and is one of the powerful opponents of the Autobots. In the movie, the personality of his character is no different from that in G1, he is still a guy who tries to usurp power, stabs in the back, and has more than enough to fail. He is the "Decepticon Tiger" character in the movie whose number of lines is second only to "Wei Zhentian".
In the movie, in order not to provoke the "mighty earthquake", he also filmed him a little bit of a horse's ass, but still did not escape the fate of being squashed by the leaders of the two sides. He was first cut off by Optimus Prime, and then his own stump arm was grabbed and beaten by Wei Zhentian.
Tin – Voiced by Jace Hahnel
Jess Harnell was born in the United States on December 23, 1963, and is a professional voice actor.
Tin Pi has a grumpy personality and loses his temper at every turn, which is particularly demanding for the voice actors. In Change 2, when Optimus Prime is defeated and goes into a state of suspended animation, "Tin" becomes the temporary commander of the "Autobot" Earth Front. In "Change 3", when Tin Pi was protecting the Imperial Predator, he was dissolved by the mutated Imperial Predator with a dissolving gun, and his whole body rotted and died of hatred. Jace's voice-over for Tin ends with Tin's sacrifice in Change 3.
Quirky sound – special effects
In order to make the film get the most realistic sound effects, the Transformers sound team tried to collect as many real sounds as possible in reality. Gunfights are an important part of Transformers, AK47s, bazookas, grenades... These sounds were recorded with live ammunition from real guns. There is a scene in "Change 3" when the space shuttle is launched, and the sound effects team specially runs to the military base to record the sound of the rocket launch.
There are also many voices in the film that are not universal in reality, and they are realized through various whimsical ideas. The sound of an alien spacecraft invading Earth in the film is made by using an electric guitar. By twisting the guitar strings and distorting them with distortion effects, the guitarist creates a sound cooler than the roar of a Ferrari car. The sound of an alien spaceship crashing on the moon is recorded on dry ice and metal. The sound effects crew made a 10-meter-long skeleton box out of metal, which resonated through the melting of dry ice on the metal, making a "very space sound". The sound of reinforced concrete collapsing in the film is equally shocking, and the melting process of a 40-pound ice cube creates the sound in this scene. In the voice of Operation Parachute in Chicago, the sound engineers carefully studied the sounds that the characters could feel during the landing, and carefully restored the wind sounds in people's ears during the parachute.
The director brought wonderful explosions and fight scenes to the Transformers movie, while the voice actors brought personality, temper and temperature to the robots in the film. After the movie highlights, pay attention to the voice actors of the movie, maybe it will be more rewarding!