Jim Carrey speaks openly about the reason for his return Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

This was revealed by the veteran actor, who has retired from acting and the limelight over the last decade Associated Press At the film’s UK premiere on Tuesday, he explained why he decided to reprise his role as villain Dr. Robotnik to reprise in the upcoming sequel, which hits theaters on December 20th.

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“I came back to this universe because, first of all, I get to play a genius, which is a bit exaggerated. And you know, it’s just… I bought a lot of stuff and honestly I need the money. Yes,” Carrey admitted with a smile.

After a successful acting career in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, the Ace Ventura Star has been very selective about which projects he takes on in recent years. He even told me about it Access Hollywood in 2022, during advertising Sonic the Hedgehog 2that he planned to retire from acting.

“I’m pretty serious,” he said at the time. “It depends. If the Angels come with some kind of gold-ink script that tells me it’s going to be really important for people to see, then maybe I’ll keep going. But I’m taking a break.”

But even before retirement is discussed, that is Dumb and dumber The actor had already moved one foot away from Hollywood and turned his attention to other passions, such as developing his skills as a political cartoonist.

“I just didn’t want to be in the business anymore,” Carrey said The Hollywood Reporter in 2018. “I didn’t like what was happening, the corporate takeover and so on. And maybe it’s because I was drawn to a different kind of creative outlet and I really liked the control over painting – not having a committee standing in my way to tell me what the idea had to be, to a four -Quadrant to address at all.”

In addition to Dr. Carrey also voices his villain’s grandfather, Gerald Robotnik Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The voice cast also includes Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally and Krysten Ritter.

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