off  _Transformers: The Movie, The (1986)_ (qv)). Veteran voice actors  Peter Cullen (I) (qv) and Frank Welker (qv), who provided the  voices for the iconic Transformer leaders Optimus Prime (Cullen) and  Megatron (Welker), were auditioned personally by director  Michael Bay (qv), who feared that their aged voices would be  noticeable. Cullen was confirmed to reprise his role, but Welkers  voice had aged too much and besides didnt suit Megatrons new alien  look, and so Hugo Weaving (qv) took the role of Megatron. However,  Welker reprises his role as Megatron in  _Transformers: The Game (2007) (VG)_ (qv).