![]() And I thought, boy, this feels like home." I just echoed Larry's voice in the first few lines, and fell right into it. He said, 'Be tough enough to be gentle, you don't have to always be loud.' It stuck with me when I read the character description. "I was called to audition and said goodbye to Larry, and I said I was auditioning for a hero. There was a maturity and calmness and understanding, and a very strong source of confidence, respect, caring and dignity," he said. "I saw a difference in him when he came home. That sticks with me forever."Ĭullen - who said that police officers have made similar gestures toward him - came up with the voice because of his brother Larry, an officer in the Marine Corps. There are no words to describe it, but I was humbled. "He presented that to me and said this is how much you mean to me. "I remember an officer in the Marine Corps who had just returned from Iraq, and he gave me his golden anchor emblem from his officer's hat," he said. Martens described Cullen's voice as "a perfect balance between warmth and authority."Ĭullen said he is personally touched by how strong the response has been. "You know it's him when you hear the voice," said Farren, who added that despite his disappointment in the movies overall, the highlight is hearing Cullen's performance. Like classic characters Bugs Bunny and Fred Flintstone, the voice of Optimus Prime is instantly recognizable for a certain generation. "I believe he gives the character a better sense of humanity." "It was very important to me that he voice the character of Prime in the movie," said iReporter Cody Helms, who like Martens and Farren often check sites like to interact with other fans and find out the latest "Transformers" news. This summer, he is playing the character in the third film, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," as well as the new animated series on the Hub network, "Transformers: Prime." Ten years after that first convention, Cullen was asked to voice Optimus in the first of the wildly popular "Transformers" movie series, something for which he gives full credit to the fan base. If you ever needed a leader you'd want him to be Optimus Prime." "Optimus Prime is capable, loyal, forgiving, just, approachable, a brilliant strategist, merciful, selfless," said iReporter Kevin Farren. To kids he represents the perfect father figure, someone who is strong in every way and holds the best interests of others above those of himself," Martens said. ![]() "(He's) someone so competent, virtuous and level headed that you trust him more than yourself. So, why all the adoration? "Optimus Prime is basically a bulletproof Abraham Lincoln," said iReporter and "Transformers" toy collector Shaun Martens. ![]() It's a joy to know that I made a difference." "It's been wonderful to listen to the experience of growing up and how the character affected their lives in a good, positive way. That 1997 convention was the first of many for Cullen, who said that Optimus' influence over the lives of children made the character his favorite. "It became quite evident that (voicing this character) was a responsibility that I wanted to fulfill. "I was taken aback by the response and the sheer love that was in the audience," he said. (CNN) - Ten years after last voicing Autobot leader Optimus Prime on the original "Transformers" animated series, Peter Cullen decided to go to his first fan convention, BotCon, in Rochester, New York, after some coaxing from his daughter. He came up with the voice because of his brother Larry, an officer in the Marine Corps."It became quite evident that (voicing this character) was a responsibilityl," he said.Peter Cullen voiced Optimus Prime in the original "Transformers" animated series.
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