Sonic backlash was actually a "great thing", says Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey has said that Sonic the Hedgehog's CGI backlash ultimately proved to be a "great thing" for the movie.
Following a negative reaction to the design of the lead character following the first trailer, the filmmakers decided to push the release back to make some tweaks to Sonic's look – changes that were *much* better received by fans.
Carrey, who portrays moustachioed villain Dr Robotnik in the video game adaptation, previously questioned whether the power of fandom was a good thing.
But with the movie currently going down a treat with cinema-goers, the legendary actor is now feeling much more positive about the subject.
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He recently told Fox News: "It turned out to be a co-op where everybody was in on the creation. I think everybody felt good about it ultimately because [director] Jeff Fowler [had] no ego involved at all.
"He just went, 'These people grew up with it, and it's important to them that we get it right'. And I think it was just a much better movie because of it."
Later in the interview, Carrey admitted some elements of the movie weren't "quite in the pocket" before its redesign, but he felt Sonic "turned out fantastic" in the end.
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Co-star James Marsden also spoke about the fan situation, adding: "I got to sort of watch all that unfold and it put a massive smile on my face because I was like, 'That is the fanbase, that is the passionate fanbase who care and wanted [it] to be right and wanted to feel good'.
"You want to make everybody happy and get it right."
Sonic the Hedgehog is in cinemas now.
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