00:00Okay, I mean, this franchise is incredible.
00:02I mean, I'm thinking back to when we got introduced to,
00:04and I feel like a mea culpa about this because I feel bad calling him Ugly Sonic.
00:08But when we were introduced to Ugly Sonic,
00:11and then the fans have just, I think, defied the expectations of this franchise.
00:14I mean, how has it surprised you seeing how the fans embrace this franchise
00:18and where we are today with the third film?
00:19Well, I mean, why it's good sometimes that you don't always put the writers in charge of things
00:24is we didn't know if it was a good idea to change the design
00:27because you didn't know if the people complaining online were even going to see the movie in the first place.
00:32So the fact that they changed the design and that people really embraced the movie surprised even us.
00:38Yeah, people genuinely gave us a second chance,
00:41which kind of restored some of my faith in humanity, to be honest.
00:46It's amazing, and now this time around, I mean, we got the second one.
00:49We got Idris Elba as Knuckles, and then it's like, who can we get for the third one?
00:52And Keanu Reeves immediately says, yes, I heard he was the first choice.
00:55What does Shadow bring to this franchise?
00:57What can you tell me about this character?
00:59Well, because, you know, Knuckles was a tough guy,
01:01but I think certainly fans always knew that he was being misled
01:05and he was, you know, a softy inside.
01:08So it was fun to play with, you know, outwardly cuddly character
01:12who's a real serious, mean guy like Shadow.
01:16Shadow really brings a lot of intensity and kind of big operatic emotions
01:21and some real drama to the series, more so than any of our characters have before.
01:26Right, because, I mean, Knuckles is so funny.
01:28He's so deadpan.
01:29You know, Sonic is so ambitious.
01:32How would you describe Shadow's kind of attitude?
01:35He's serious.
01:36I mean, you can say Knuckles is serious as well,
01:39but Knuckles is, you know, he misunderstands things.
01:44Shadow understands everything perfectly, and he's just, he's dark.
01:49He's got a lot of anger issues he's going to have to work through.
01:52Are you familiar with the Maddie theory?
01:55What is the Maddie theory?
01:56Okay, so in the color theory, yes.
01:59No comment.
02:01I was going to say she's wearing pink in that poster over there.
02:04No comment.
02:06Well, let me ask you something you can't answer.
02:07What do you envision for the future of the franchise?
02:10I mean, it's funny.
02:12If it was up to us, we'd like some more outer space stuff.
02:17We've done a lot of exploring on Earth,
02:19and obviously Earth is Sonic's home, you know, true home, really.
02:23Adopted home.
02:25We just want to meet more characters and have adventures
02:27that are even bigger and more colorful,
02:30and just keep growing the franchise.
02:31Thank you, guys.
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