Sonic the Hedgehog 3 added Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by Keanu Reeves. On the new 4K UHD release of the film, Reeves speaks about his approach to the role.
“He’s been played differently in the games,” Reeves says, adding he was “trying to take that in but also play my version of it.”
The biggest factor was the other hedgehog voices with whom Reeves was costarring. Ben Schwartz plays Sonic and Idris Elba plays Knuckles.
“Didn’t want to go too low with Shadow because Knuckels is there.” Reeves says. “I didn’t want to go too high because Ben and Sonic are there. So trying to find that spot of the voicing and emotion was hard work.”
Reeves even had a zen approach to the hedgehog battles.
“They end up making each other better through combat and I really liked that journey in the story,” he says.
The 4K UHD holds up with most modern studio movies. Highlights include the nighttime chase through the streets of Tokyo. Hey, it’s Sonic the Hedgehog’s Tokyo drift! It only took the Sonic franchise three movies to get into space and the deep space holds up with Star Wars.
Surround sound lets you hear all the hedgehogs zooming around you, plus all the action explosions.