- Title: Jim Carrey on Sonic movie return: 'I need the money'
- Date: 10th December 2024
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 10, 2024) (REUTERS) ACTOR, IDRIS ELBA, BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, IDRIS ELBA, (VOICE OF KNUCKLES) SAYING: "Well, it's coming back, my character got introduced in the second movie, more Knuckles, more Sonic family, you know it just felt good to come back. I am living out my dream." VARIOUS OF ACTOR, KEANU REEVES, BEING INTER
- Embargoed: 24th December 2024 21:20
- Keywords: Jim Carrey London Sonic film
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA003608210122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Hollywood star Jim Carrey didn't dress up his reasons for returning to the Sonic universe on the red carpet in London on Tuesday (December 10) night, saying simply: "I bought a lot of stuff and I need the money."
Asked about his return to playing Dr. Robotnik in the new Paramount movie 'Sonic The Hedgehog 3', he elaborated by saying the film had 'heart'.
"So I am hoping it'll bring families together and cure several diseases. Is that too much to ask?" he said.
Carrey has multiple roles in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, also portraying his villain's grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, with much of the movie a special-effects heavy double act between the two characters played by the same actor.
The new film sees Sonic, Tails and Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba) face off with a new adversary in the shape of Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by Keanu Reeves.
They form an alliance with Carrey's Dr. Robotnik in the hope of stopping Shadow and saving the world.
"Yeah playing Shadow is very intense. This guy is looking for revenge but at the same time he gets that kind of vulnerability, there's a vulnerability to the character and a wonder," Reeves said on the red carpet.
Sonic became a household name in the West in a series of side-scrolling games in the 1990s on the Sega Mega Drive console, also known as the Sega Genesis in North America.
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