Prior to appearing in three Sonic movies, Jim Carrey famously made a point to sidestep sequels in favor of trying something new.
While some exceptions exist – Dumb and Dumber To and the 1995 Ace Ventura sequel When Nature Calls are Carrey's only major follow-ups – Carrey says that his hardline stance on franchises only melted away when playing evil genius Doctor Robotnik.
"For me, at this time of my life – for some reason – I've never really wanted to do sequels. I've never really wanted to do franchise stuff. It didn't occur to me. I just thought, 'I want to move on and do something new'," Carrey says in an interview with GamesRadar+ ahead of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
For Carrey, the character's transformation – and less-than-gradual mental decline – ticked all his boxes: "Robotnik has been able to evolve in his look and his manner from film to film. Every time he gets defeated, he becomes more bitter and hostile. His megalomania gets ratched up and these inventions, the technological wonders that he keeps coming up with, keep topping themselves."
