SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Director Confirm Film Will Deliver Two Jim Carrey Characters and Post-Credits New Character Tease
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is headed our way next month, and it looks like fans are in for a treat. The film will reveal the character Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by fan-favorite actor Keanu Reeves, who has been said to have really done his homework on the character.
He is joined in the film by returning cast members Ben Schwartz, who is back as Sonic, as well as James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski, Lee Majdoub as Agent Stone, Colleen O’Shaughnessey voices Miles “Tails” Prower, and Idris Elba voices Knuckles the Echidna. Jim Carrey is back as the villainous Dr. Robotnik, but this time around, he is working double time.
In addition to reprising his role of zany Sonic nemesis Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the comedy great also plays Robotnik's grandfather and Shadow's creator in another equally intensive prosthetics and costume job. The film’s director, Jeff Fowler, talked about the process in an interview with EW, where he explained, "It was such a big ask."
Logistically, it meant the Ace Ventura actor would have twice the amount of work since they couldn't possibly film both performances on the same days. Carrey's transformation into Gerald alone took three hours in the makeup chair every time. Luckily, Carrey was game. "I don't know what we would've done," Fowler remarks. "I don't even want to think about this."
The material seemed to write itself, the director also notes. At first, they focused on drawing parallels between these two mad scientists, "not just with bald heads and giant mustaches, but also in their behavior and their attitude," he says.
"But then, just from a storytelling standpoint, it needed to go in some ways to create the right sort of conflict for the film. I don't want to give anything away, but it was really fun to plot that, to come up with all those interactions and all the different story needs that had to happen. Jim was just such a great partner in designing all of that.”
Carrey makes any character he lends his talents to just so much bigger and better. I can’t wait to see him in these roles.
The article goes on to say that the film will continue the tradition set by the previous two films, and will also set the stage for a potential fourth movie to introduce another video game character after Tails and now Shadow. Of course, don't expect Fowler to give up the goods just yet.
"It's fun to see the fan debates online about who's coming up next, who's going to be teased at the end of the film," he says. "We have a lot of the same conversations.
“We've all got our favorites on the filmmaking side, and we're all making great cases for 'it should be this one or that one.' It is fun to keep that anticipation. This movie is no different in terms of teasing new characters."
Who do you hope to see join the franchise in this next post-credits scene?! Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is set to hit theaters on December 20th.
via: Entertainment Weekly