We spoke to the former Parks and Recreation star about voicing the iconic games character in the upcoming movie adaptation
The upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog attracted publicity for all the wrong reasons months before release last year - when fans reacted with horror to the design of the beloved animal in the first trailer.
But one redesign and several months later, Sonic's devoted following have been reassured and there is excitement in the air once again prior to the film's Valentine's Day release.
We sat down with star Ben Schwartz, who is voicing Sonic in the film, to chat about being cast in the movie, which other video game characters he'd like to play in the future and why he felt so positive about the reaction to the original trailer...
"The reaction was so passionate and so much bigger than we could've assumed that it really put new breath into this movie," Schwartz insisted. "The biggest for us was that people cared and were excited."
You can watch our full chat below...
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Sonic the Hedgehog is in UK cinemas from Friday February 14th
Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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