Jim Carrey has broken his silence about why he walked back an announcement he was going to retire made in 2022.
Carrey, 62, has slowed down the number of projects he has starred in recent years.
The legendary comedic actor starred in only seven major projects from 2015-2022, before announcing he was retiring.
Sonic the Hedgehog was actually his first role in a major studio film since 2014’s Dumb and Dumber To.
He said in 2022, after reprising his role as Dr Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 2: “Well, I’m retiring. Yeah, probably. I’m being fairly serious.”
He said this to Access Hollywood on the press tour for the sequel to the live action version of the Sega classic series.
He went on to say: “It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink that says to me that it’s going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road, but I’m taking a break.
“I really like my quiet life and I really like putting paint on canvas and I really love my spiritual life and I feel like —and this is something you might never hear another celebrity say as long as time exists — I have enough.
“I’ve done enough. I am enough.”
Clearly the script written in gold ink was, in actual fact, another Sonic film, as he is set to star in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, alongside Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Ben Schwartz, Krysten Ritter, and James Marsden.
Discussing why he decided to overturn his retirement to star in the threequel, Carrey addressed the idea that he would only return for a script written in gold ink, saying: “That might’ve been hyperbole, yeah.
“I came back to this universe because I get to play a genius, which is a bit of a stretch. And you know, I bought a lot of stuff and I need the money, frankly.”
The third film in the series has added a huge name in Keanu Reeves, after adding Idris Elba in the second film and debuting with Jim Carrey from the very first movie.
Reeves is set to play Shadow the Hedgehog, a role he prepared for ‘intensely’.
He said: “For 50 years, Shadow has been in a state of suspended animation.
“He’s coming out of it seeking revenge. It was really the internal journey to get to the anger and the emotion. It was intense.
“Sonic 3 and playing Shadow… it’s really on another level.”
Discussing Keanu Reeves joining the cast, Carrey said: “When I heard that Keanu Reeves wanted to play Shadow I went, ‘Oh alright’.
“Shadow has that sympathetic, brooding kind of darkness that Keanu has mastered so brilliantly.”
