During Sonic Revolution’s online expo this past weekend, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Director Jeff Fowler answered a question from viewers about Shadow’s introduction into the movie series, to which he responded to by focusing on Keanu Reeves’ approach to voicing the character- claiming that the John Wick and The Matrix star had “done his homework” for the role.
“It’s so awesome that we got Keanu Reeves to voice the character, and he was so fantastic to work with. I think he thinks the character is awesome. I think he definitely understood what we were going for and was very excited to kinda do his version of it, but he, like all the cast, really wants to get it right, really cares.”
“He would give us so many different versions of line readings and just wanna keep going. He was not just sort of showing up and just reading the script into a microphone. Like he really wanted to create a very fan-faithful version of the character. He did research. In our first meeting, he very clearly had gone and done his homework, which was awesome.”
“And so, I just can’t say enough wonderful things about Keanu and what he brought to the character, and just the experience of making this movie.”
Sonic fans were able to hear some of Reeves’ Shadow in the official trailer (seen below) for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but they’ll also be able to hear more of it when a movie-inspired level pack including Reeves’ voice is added to the Digital Deluxe Edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations on December 12.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will premiere in the United States on December 20, 2024.
