{"id":358788,"date":"2011-04-01T19:01:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T19:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/leonard-nimoy-leonard-nimoy-takes-on-new-role-in-transformers-3\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T19:01:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T19:01:47","slug":"leonard-nimoy-leonard-nimoy-takes-on-new-role-in-transformers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/leonard-nimoy-leonard-nimoy-takes-on-new-role-in-transformers-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Nimoy &#8211; Leonard Nimoy Takes On New Role In Transformers 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dimewars.com\/Blog\/Leonard-Nimoy----Leonard-Nimoy-Takes-On-New-Role-In-Transformers-3.aspx?BlogID=82c1ed57-5548-46ae-9546-ddea4ac0a450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nDimewars.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Leonard Nimoy  &#8211; Once retired actor Leonard Nimoy came out of retirement to help voice Prime in director Michael Bay&#8217;s prequel &#8220;Transformers: Dark of the Moon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Nimoy who retired from acting last year said he&#8217;s happy to be back. Leonard will voice Prime, the predecessor of Optimus Prime.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bay admitted he had reservations asking the actor who&#8217;s best known for playing Spock in Star Trek to take on the role.<\/p>\n<p>Michael states to Entertainment Weekly, &#8220;I was too scared to ask him. Plus, he&#8217;s married to Susan Bay, who&#8217;s a cousin of mine. So I had to be careful. I&#8217;ve met him at family functions. But he told me, &#8216;I would be honoured. I&#8217;m glad to be back!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_91-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201104\/149873.php\" title=\"Leonard Nimoy - Leonard Nimoy Takes On New Role In Transformers 3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leonard Nimoy &#8211; Leonard Nimoy Takes On New Role In Transformers 3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dimewars.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Leonard Nimoy &#8211; Once retired actor Leonard Nimoy came out of retirement to help voice Prime in director Michael Bay&#8217;s prequel &#8220;Transformers: Dark of the Moon&#8221;. 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