From MTVGeek.
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/08/05/interview-will-friedle-on-being-lion-o/
Thanks for posting this, balgus. It’s good to hear that the season will go out with a bang. 
to me this was the best part of the interview Looking at the tone of your show when compared against the original, what do you think the major difference is?
I look at it this way: ThunderCats in the 80’s—and I shouldn’t even say just ThunderCats in the 80’s—most of the cartoons in the 80’s were incredible cartoons. Very bright, very vibrant, very big acting, very big stories, that kind of thing. Then, in 1989, 1990, Batman: The Animated Series came around and kind of changed the whole ballgame for animation, and for script, and for acting.
So, I can compare the two in that we don’t want to ruin what was done on the show in the 80’s, but at the same time, it’s like that’s the ThunderCats cartoon, and that will forever be the ThunderCats cartoon and stand alone. And this is like, ThunderCats: The Animated Series, which is like a newer, darker kind of take on these original characters. So you can compare them, but even to me as a fan, the original ThunderCats will always be the original ThunderCats. It will always stand alone. And it should, because of what it did in the 80’s.
I don’t think we’ve ruined any of the characters. I feel like we’ve added some dimensions to the characters and added some great backstory, but I don’t think there’s any that we look at and go, “Wow, I don’t recognize that character at all anymore.” So, I think in that sense, we’ve stayed true to the original 80’s cartoon and updated it with a little 2011 feel.
Thanks for sharing! I’m very happy with Will’s voice for the character. Hey, his birthday is next Thursday. He’s about a year older than me. 
Wanted to check that out when he said how old he was when he became a fan since that was about my age as well.