Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: Liza Koshy & Tobe Nwigwe Interview
60For fans of the franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts brings a lot to the proverbial table. Director Steven Caple Jr. introduces a number of exciting new elements from the Maximals to the Terrorcons to surprises you’ll just have to catch in theaters on June 9. Ahead of its premiere, Collider’s Steve Weintraub caught up with two of the franchise’s newest additions, Liza Koshy, who provides the voice of Arcee, and Grammy-nominated rapper and breakout star Tobe Nwigwe as Reek.
Rise of the Beasts takes us from the streets of mid-nineties Brooklyn to the jungles of Peru, at a time in Autobots' history when Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) wasn’t so keen to trust humans. Prime, along with fellow Bots like Bumblee and Koshy's sharp-shooting Arcee, a “Ducati 916… a fearsome motorcycle,” are stranded on Earth, and soon find themselves joining forces with humans Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) and Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback) to save the planet from the coming Terrorcons. Their team-up with the Maximals, led by Optimus Primal (Ron Perlman), might have gone differently had Noah not partnered with Nwigwe’s Twizzler-chomping, car-swiping friend Reek, leading to a surprisingly beautiful friendship between Noah and the car he stole, Mirage (Pete Davidson).
Check out their interview in the video or transcript below to find out more about Nwigwe’s first-ever role on film, everything they’re excited for fans to see, and how Arcee inspired Koshy in the recording booth and in her day-to-day life, and what it was like for Nwigwe to have Optimus Prime introduce him at Coachella. Rise of the Beasts also features Michelle Yeoh, Peter Dinklage, John DiMaggio, Michael Kelly, and Colman Domingo.
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