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Will Friedle Interview Talks About Being Bumblebee

Transformers News: Will Friedle Interview Talks About Being Bumblebee

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 4:45PM CDT

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Celebrating the release of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Predacons Rising today, comicbook.com has an exclusive interview with Will Friedle talking about what it was like being the voice of Bumblebee late into the series. Here are a few snippets from the interview, you can check out the rest here.


ComicBook.com: What was it like coming on late and joining the show’s ensemble as it was a moving bus?

Will Friedle: It was incredible. It was one of those things where I joined in the last episode of the entire series and then did the movie afterwards. But I was a fan of not only the show but of the ensemble cast of actors for a long time. So being able to join playing anybody would have been amazing but getting to go and play Bumblebee was pretty incredible.

Being a fan of the show and a fan of the actors, I didn’t want to go in and screw it up. The last thing you want to do is go in and be the weak link on this fantastic show. Hopefully I did the character justice, and the movie–which comes out Tuesday on Blu-ray–is amazing. Just absolutely gorgeous if you’re an animation fan at all. It’s all state-of-the-art and it’s just beautiful from start to finish.

I started watching the original Transformers when I was a kid. It came out in ’84 and I was eight years old so I was watching every day, running home from school. So to be able to be involved was pretty incredible.


ComicBook.com: And joining any show late in the run, you’ll have that concern you were talking about, being the weak link, but you get guys here who have been playing the parts for thirty years and who have seen Bumblebees come and go.

Friedle: Oh, yeah, of course. When you’ve got Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, you’ve got to those guys that started back in the day, you certainly don’t want to make a fool of yourself when you walk into the room.

And you’re right–they have seen the Bumblebees come and go so you want to go in there and make the best impression that you can, not just from an acting standpoint and a professional standpoint but from the standpoint of a fan, where you have been listening to them your whole life.

It was difficult to come in starting at the last episode but it was written so well that–that’s when Bumblebee had to speak. You had to wait ’til the very end because it had to be a big deal and a big reveal. They absolutely did it right; I just hope I didn’t screw it up.
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Re: Will Friedle Interview Talks About Being Bumblebee (1522626)
Posted by PrymeStriker on October 8th, 2013 @ 6:13pm CDT
You didn't screw up anything, Will. You were an incredible Bumblebee!
Re: Will Friedle Interview Talks About Being Bumblebee (1522664)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 8th, 2013 @ 9:35pm CDT
One voice role and already two interviews within just a few short months. The man is on a roll. 8)
Re: Will Friedle Interview Talks About Being Bumblebee (1522790)
Posted by Deathscythetransform on October 9th, 2013 @ 2:30pm CDT
If Bumblebee talks in TF 4, I hope Will will be his voice!

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