2005 Boards member Black Oracle recently had a chance to talk with Sumalee Montano, the voice of Autobot Arcee from Transformers Prime. Amongst other things in this insightful and informative interview, find out about how Ms. Montano got into the character of Arcee by taking Muay Thai kickboxing lessons, as well as how Ms. Montano sees Arcee as a character. Check out the full interview after the jump!
maximus_73
I don't know much about prime cartoon – never watch it honestly, but she(Montano) is feaking hot.
Emperor Zarak
very interesting interview. she is quite lovely
TedimusPrime
You know what? She's a bro. She's doing a great job putting up with our fandom, finding out about what she's doing, and bringing that onto the screen. Keep with our fandom, Montano, we love you.
Black Oracle
Glad you've all enjoyed reading the interview! It was totally awesome doing it! Ms. Montano is a really nice person. And she thought it was cool that Arcee was in the lead as favourite character in a poll thread from the Prime forum (which I linked her to).
I think taking up kickboxing was a great way to help her develop and get into a combat frame of mind and toughen her up for the role of Arcee. I'm sure we've definitely heard the results of her training!
It'd be awesome if she could come to a convention to meet the fans someday. Just hope there wouldn't be too many drooling mouths looking at some of the responses here…
Bahamut Prime
Both Miss Montano and Arcee sound promising!
Autovolt 127
@ Sumalee Montano……
It's cool that she took kickboxing courses, I don't honestly see the connection between kickboxing and Arcee but whatever.
Sumalee's fantastic as Arcee. She's a favourite in my book.
The Swordsman
*Insert obligatory "Sumalee Montano is beautiful" comment here*
Anyway, she seems like a lovely person, and I think she's a great choice for Arcee's voice actress, her voice is COOL!
unicron’s blues
Very nice!
Nachtsider
Great interview. She's a most talented and welcome addition to the ranks of Transformers voice actors.
einis
Digilaut
"Same thing happened to me when I played Neil Armstrong in Moonshot. They found me in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box."
Sprocket
She took Muay Thai to prepare for the role? That's either awesome or ridiculous.
DrGrim
Me too. I wonder if my wife would let me…
General Magnus
She seems like a nice lady and cute too.
Transformed
I have to agree. I was started to get tired of Bumblebee, though I have to say that Animated did make me want to see more of him
Anyway, it's refreshing to see a new character in the spotlight, and a female character at that!
Skyclaw
All i can say is that she makes Acree come alive in Transformers: Prime and Sumalee is very beautiful lady and want her to marry me!
Backscatter
Nice interview, thank you.
KA
id hit it!
Voiceroy
Thanks for doing this interview, Black Oracle. I shared it on my voice actors blog.