Canadian actor, Keanu Reeves, who will be voicing 'Shadow' in the upcoming Sonic film, really wanted to give fans a faithful version of the character.
Director Jeff Fowler revealed that Reeves was extremely honest with the role and was very well-prepared for it. He had all his homework done for the movie.
While speaking in Q&A session for the Sonic Revolution’s Shadow Revolution stream, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 director said: “It’s so awesome that we got Keanu Reeves to voice the character and he was so fantastic to work with.”
“He thinks the character is awesome and he definitely understood what we were going for and he was very excited to do his version of it. Like all the cast, [he] really wants to get it right and really cares.“
Jeff further shared that the John Wick actor even gave him different versions of line readings, he did not just show up and read the script to the microphone.
"He really wanted to create a very fan-faithful version of the character.”
The 46-year-old director admitted: “He did research. In our first meeting, he very clearly had gone and done his homework, which was awesome. I can’t say enough wonderful things about Keanu and what he brought to the character and the experience of making this movie. I think people are going to really, really love his version of Shadow."
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is an upcoming action adventure film starring Reeves along with Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Krysten Ritter and others.
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