Comedy icon Jim Carrey showed his gratitude for his behind the scenes crew of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by gifting one a brand new car.
Carey is currently in Vancouver, Canada shooting the upcoming movie and to show his appreciation for the crew’s hard work, he held a raffle. The grand prize was a brand new Chevy Blazer RS, worth around $40,000 Variety reported. The drawling was on Friday, May 7th and the grand prize winner works as a grip.
The former Toronto local played the role of the evil Dr. Robotnik in 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog and is playing the same character in the upcoming sequel. The film was adapted from the Sega game franchise. Although the plot for the movie is still unknown, fans believe it will involve Miles “Tails” Prower, a character that debuted in the post-credits of the first movie.
“Of all the screenings that I would pop in for, seeing people’s reaction to Tails showing up at the end… Nothing could have prepared me!” Sonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler stated after the movie’s release according to CBR.com. “I just never got sick of it. I just loved it. And the idea that we made this whole movie, and we didn’t have a single scene of Sonic and Tails together. it’s incredible, but it also is so exciting (for a sequel).”
Actor James Mardsen also shared his hopes of a sequel last year in an interview ComicBook.com saying, “Well, I think we’d do a lot more of the same, but we would probably hopefully throw even more set pieces in there and more action sequences. I think we’d hopefully introduce some new characters, some beloved characters from the video game. If you stayed through the credits, you saw a little introduction to Tails. Hoping we’d see Tails come in.”
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hits theaters April 8, 2022.