Art and other stuff 💙

On the topic of the voices, they really wanted the contrast of Orion Pax and Optimus Prime to show in that Orion has none of the lived experience and weight that Optimus has with his iconic performance by Peter Cullen. Apparently a lot of Orion's attitude came from Chris himself just kind of riffing on his own

For D-16 they wanted someone who would be able to play him as a silly guy in the beginning before eventually succumbing to the kind of bad guy stereotype. Brian wanted people to be able to see that the sort of heart of his character was that he hated injustice, and just wanted to be able to stand up against it, even if he does it in sort of a misguided, extremophile way

They really wanted to have Bumblebee as a sort of juxtaposition to how he gets depicted in all the live actions as a silent character by having him talk almost nonstop the whole time. Letting him really showcase his personality

Scarlett Johansson was I guess their first choice for Elita because they wanted her to really bring out the strength and self confidence that she carries to the role of Elita. They didn't want Elita to just be a side character who just kind of popped into frame every now and then. She was a key player in Orion becoming Optimus

I made a semi-accurate starscream insignia 😋