Jim Carrey withdraws from retirement for “Sonic x Shadow TOKYO MISSION,'' says director, “He gave his all'' – This time he plays two roles and also participates in character design

He announced his retirement from acting in 2022.Jim Carreyis the third installment in the Sonic the Movie series.“Sonic x Shadow TOKYO MISSION”will appear in the movie again. Moreover, he not only played the role of Doctor Robotnik from the previous two films, but also played the role of Gerald Robotnik, the Doctor's grandfather who gave birth to Shadow.

Director Jeff Fowler told British SFX Magazine: “He (Carrey) not only came back, he worked twice as hard.”“He did his best.”and.

Carrey has been slowing down his acting career since the 2010s, appearing in “Madtown'' and “Dark Crimes'' in 2016, before starring in and executive producing the TV drama “Kidding'' (2018). -2020), he has not done any acting work other than the “Sonic the Movie'' series. When he announced his retirement, he said, “I've had enough,'' and said, “I might continue if an angel appeared with a script written in golden ink and whispered to me that this was an important work.''

In light of his comments at the time, Fowler“I printed[the script]in solid gold ink and delivered it to my door.”he jokes. But even without the gold ink, the Sonic the Movie series is certainly important to Carrey. Carrey was also involved in the character design for the role of Gerald Robotnik.

“It was really exciting to create a whole new character for him.There was no detail that was too small (for Carrie's role), and she helped me design all the special make-up and other things, and we talked about the difficult parts.. It's really amazing that you made three movies with Jim Carrey. ”

In “Sonic x Shadow TOKYO MISSION'', the dark hero Shadow, who was imprisoned on an isolated island in Tokyo Bay, wakes up, destroys a facility, and appears in Tokyo. In order to deal with this emergency situation, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles confront Shadow, but… Keanu Reeves was chosen as the voice actor for the role of Shadow. In addition, in the Japanese dubbed version, Koichi Yamadera will play the dual roles of Dr. Robotnik and Gerald played by Carrie.

“Sonic x Shadow TOKYO MISSION” will be released in Japan on Friday, December 27, 2024.

Source: SFX Magazine