Thursday 12 March 2009

Welker to voice 'Transformers 2' villain

Michael Bay has revealed that he wants original Transformers star Frank Welker to voice a villain in the robot sequel.

Welker, who lent his vocal talents to the character Megatron in the animated series, was passed over for the 2007 movie adaptation in favour of Hugo Weaving. His co-star Peter Cullen was recruited for Optimus Prime.

Writing on his Shoot For The Edit website, Bay said that he will "pursue" Welker for the role of Soundwave, a robot who shape-shifted into a cassette player in the original cartoon, in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

Bay last week admitted that Megatron, voiced by Weaving, will return for the sequel.

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