Chris Hemsworth’s Optimus Prime Sadly Won’t Be Australian in Transformers One

While Chris Hemsworth will voice Optimus Prime in the upcoming animated movie Transformers One, the leader of the Autobots won’t be Australian. During a press junket for Extraction 2, Collider’s Steven Weintraub uncovered how Hemsworth approached his first animation gig, which sadly won’t feature his natural Australian accent. While the entire Transformers franchise revolves around the eternal war between Autobots and Decepticons, no movie has ever explored the origins of the feud between Optimus Prime and Megatron, the respective leader of each faction. That’ll change with Transformers One, an upcoming animated movie that’ll tell the origin story of some of our favorite robots in disguise. The movie will stay true to the TV and comic book history of the Transformers, promising to tap into the nostalgia of adults and the excitement of children to deliver a fun experience for all ages. Transformers One also counts a star-studded voice cast, with Hemsworth in the lead role of Optimus Prime. However, whil