Ben Schwartz chats with THR at the 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' premiere and expresses his gratitude to the studio for listening to the fans to better the film. Plus, he reveals he has high hopes for the next actor to lend their voice to the 'Sonic' franchise.
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00:00Can I do a little mea culpa?
00:01Yeah.
00:02I'm so sorry the way that we treated Ugly Sonic.
00:05I think that was the definition of trust the process.
00:08Well, you know what?
00:10Maybe sometimes you need a little push to really look in the mirror
00:13and to hear the fans and to then really figure out if we want to adjust.
00:17And we did.
00:18And by the way, for The Hollywood Reporter,
00:20how often can you think of a film that really listens to fans
00:23and the studio takes money and time to change it
00:27because they think it would better the film?
00:28I think it's rarely ever happened before, if ever.
00:31That's true.
00:31And at this point, I think we have more alien life forms than we do human actors.
00:36We're definitely getting to 50-50.
00:37It's getting a little crowded.
00:38Are you liking the crowd?
00:39Not crowded.
00:40No, no, no.
00:41We could add a hundred more.
00:42We could do these forever.
00:43Okay.
00:43Yeah.
00:44Who would you like to see?
00:46Because have you heard the Maddie color theory?
00:50I've heard the Maddie color theory.
00:52I don't know.
00:53Who even knows?
00:54I don't think it really makes sense.
00:55I think people are grabbing at that part.
00:57But who I'd like to see, there's a lot of different characters I'd like to see.
00:59And the person that is in, the character that is in our tag
01:05is exactly who I hoped it would be.
01:07And the way they are introduced is amazing.
01:10Okay.
01:11I can imagine just whoever Jeff Fowler wants to voice that character will say yes.
01:15Yeah.
01:16Well, I hope so.
01:18I think we have a really good track record with Idris saying yes
01:21and then Keanu Reeves saying yes.
01:22So my hope is we get someone really cool to play the next person.
01:25Like who?
01:27Daniel Day-Lewis I heard is loosely attached.
01:29I think DDL is coming out of retirement.
01:31So I don't want to say anything.
01:32Supposedly DDL is coming out of retirement to play an animated character.
01:36Fingers crossed.
01:38So we'll see.
01:39That's what we like to hear here at The Hollywood Reporter.
01:41That's it.
01:41We're breaking news.
01:43Breaking news.
01:44DDL for Sonic 4.
01:45It's so ludicrous that it won't even get picked up.
01:49Or we'll manifest it.
01:51Oh my God.
01:51By the way, he used to make shoes, right?
01:53Didn't Daniel Day-Lewis like craft shoes?
01:55He wears sneakers all the time.
01:56You're telling me things I don't know.
01:58If we don't get DDL in 4, I don't know what I'm doing with myself.
02:03It's too hot here.
02:04I know.
02:05My mistake.
02:05I'm sorry.