Jim Carrey quips he took Sonic film role because he 'needed the money'

Jim Carrey says helium came retired of status to prima successful Sonic The Hedgehog 3 due to the fact that helium "needed the money".

The Canadian-American actor, who reprises his relation arsenic antagonist Dr 'Eggman' Robotnik for the franchise's 3rd instalment, made the remark portion speaking to a writer astatine the film's London premiere connected Tuesday.

The newsman asked him: "You said successful past interviews that you would travel back, if you got a publication written successful golden ink by angels. Is this the script?"

The 62-year-old prima laughed and responded: "That mightiness person been hyperbole, but, yeah. You know, I came backmost to this beingness due to the fact that archetypal of all, I get to play a genius.

"Which is simply a spot of a agelong and, you know, it's just… I bought a batch of stuff, and I request the money, frankly. Yeah."

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Carrey said helium was retiring during an interrogation with Access Hollywood successful 2022 - though helium added: "Yeah… probably. I'm being reasonably serious.

"I truly similar my quiescent beingness and I truly similar putting overgarment connected canvas and I truly emotion my spiritual beingness and I consciousness similar - and this is thing you mightiness ne'er perceive different personage accidental arsenic agelong arsenic clip exists - I person enough. I've done enough. I americium enough," helium said.

He added helium would lone instrumentality different relation "if the angels bring immoderate benignant of publication that's written successful golden ink that says to maine that it's going to beryllium truly important for radical to see".

The archetypal 2 Sonic films reportedly earned a combined $725m (£568m), making them immoderate of the highest-grossing projects Carrey has been progressive with.

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 volition beryllium released successful UK cinemas connected Friday, 20 December.