Jim Carrey used to shy away from sequels to "move on and do something new," but changed his mind when he played Robotnik in the Sonic films: "I would like to have a character that I could sit with for a while."

Before appearing in three Sonic films, Jim Carrey famously made a point of avoiding sequels and instead trying something new.

Although there are some exceptions – “Dumb and Dumber To” and the 1995 Ace Ventura sequel “When Nature Calls” are Carrey’s only major sequels – Carrey says his hardline stance on franchises only disappeared when he played the evil genius Doctor Robotnik played.

“At that point in my life, for some reason, I never really had a desire to do sequels. I never really had any desire to do franchise stuff. That didn’t occur to me. I just thought, ‘Me.’ “I want to move on and do something new,” Carrey said in an interview with GamesRadar+ ahead of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

“Maybe six months before the first Sonic movie, I thought I’d like to have a character that I could sit with for a while over a couple of movies. “Especially if it could evolve, if it could change from film to film.”

For Carrey, the character’s transformation – and not exactly gradual mental decline – ticked all his boxes: “Robotnik was able to evolve his look and manner from film to film. Every time he is defeated, he becomes bitter and his megalomania increases and these inventions, the technological wonders that he keeps producing, continue to surpass themselves.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hits cinemas on December 20th in the US and December 21st in the UK.

For more information, check out our ranking of the best Sonic movies and our calendar of movie release dates. Then dive into our Sonic 3 interviews as we talk to director Jeff Fowler about how the threequel was inspired by his work on 2005’s Shadow the Hedgehog.

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Jim Carrey used to shy away from sequels to “move on and do something new,” but changed his mind when he played Robotnik in the Sonic films: “I would like to have a character that I could sit with for a while.”

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