POP CULTURE

the character was then revived in subsequent episodes and led the Autobots for the final five episodes of the original American cartoon series.

It was not until 2007 that Peter reprised his role in the live action series of Transformers movies. He was only contractually obligated to voice the popular character up to The Last Knight, however, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has always welcomed Peter to voice Optimus for as long as he wanted. Apart from cartoon series and live action movies, Peter’s voice was also used in the Transformers videogames and recent television series. He was nominated for a 2011 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his performance in the premiere season of Transformer: Prime.

You see, Optimus wouldn’t be Optimus if it wasn’t for the voice he has. Yeah, he may look awesome and have the characteristics to set him apart from his counterparts, but without Peter Cullen’s voice, I don’t think he would be immortalised as a pop culture icon.

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