Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Blue Vengeance regress inSonic The Hedgehog 2 , which is out in theaters April 8 , and the fan favorite from the video game are arriving onscreen in droves . Not only are transonic ( Ben Schwartz , Parks and Recreation ) and Tom ( James Marsden , Westworld ) up to even more adventures , but his iconic sidekick Tails ( encounter by vox actor Colleen O’Shaughnessey ) and nemesis Knuckles ( Idris Elba , The Suicide Squad ) have joined the fun with their own agendum .
On the human side of the level , Tom ’s peeress passion Maddie ( Tika Sumpter , Mixed - ish ) and her sis Rachel ( Natasha Rothwell , Insecure ) get more action - oriented part in the subsequence . We mouth to the stars about take a vacation on exercise set , behave alongside Shemar Moore , and their thoughts on the future of the franchise .
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Screen Rant : Did we get a Hawaiian holiday out of this pic ? How sport was that ?
Natasha Rothwell : It was beautiful . I think of , it was work , but it barely qualified .
Tika Sumpter : I bang . I kept saying , " Are we working ? What are we doing ? " My girl keep come down to the set , just being there and name Natasha . " I want to be around Funny Lady . "
Natasha Rothwell : I was Funny Lady .
Natasha , I do n’t do it how anyone kept it together around you on band . You were so freakin ' comical in this movie ; I was hollo .
Natasha Rothwell : Thank you so much . I had a blast . I had so much fun .
And Shemar Moore is not terrible to look at .
Natasha Rothwell : I mean , I tell yes to the flick because - No , I ’m josh .
I just remember being on the phone with Jeff when he was like , " We ’re gon na be putting you in the continuation . " I was so frantic , and he was like , " Yeah , we ’re recall about sick Shemar Moore as your fiancé . " Then there was a hole in my bulwark my size , because I just ran to wherever he was .
I unquestionably won the lottery on that .
Tika , you get more into the action at law in this movie . Can you blab about how Maddie has evolved from the first movie ?
Tika Sumpter : Oh , my gosh . First of all , I ’m grateful that I get to do it with my sis ; we ’re right or die . We get to be our own heroes and be the heroes of a certain part of the moving-picture show , so I was very excited when I interpret the script . Jeff was like , " We ’re get you guys more involved . "
I recall it ’s a lot of young girls are gon na be watching this , as well as a lot of women , and I conceive it ’s about meter that you have two unlikely heroes going out and kick butt .
Sonicis all about going tight . What is the fastest you ’ve ever say yes to a role and why ?
Natasha Rothwell : I mean , this ?
Tika Sumpter : " Here ’s the offering . " " Yes ! "
Natasha Rothwell : " What sentence ? What time ? " Yeah , I feel like it was with [ transonic ] 2 . And it ’s not just the book . There ’s so many component and reasons why you say yes , but this picture show had it all . And I intend that ’s why I feel like this is my choice , for certain .
Tika Sumpter : Yeah , I think Ride Along , mayhap I said yes pretty chop-chop . Just so I could be around funny , funny masses . I just want to inject myself with rum all the time .
But this was in all probability the fast .
It seems like we ’re well on our agency to a big Sonic cinematic universe of discourse . Do you see yourself in this world for the long haulage , and is there something you ’d love to see in a succeeding motion-picture show ?
Tika Sumpter : Yes .
Natasha Rothwell : I intend , the forgetful answer is yes .
Tika Sumpter : That was pretty immediate . Yeah , I require to see more of us being utilized .
And maybe they ’ll lend somebody like Amy out of the woodwork , or another Sonic or whatever that looks like . Or another fictitious character , I do n’t do it .
Natasha Rothwell : Yeah , I think that is the the beaut of what Jeff has created . It ’s just like the potential is there , and he have it off in us that he ’ll always have a Rachel and Maddie at his disposal .
Sonic 3 : Rachel ’s Revenge , that has a nice ring to it .
Tika Sumpter : A buddy comedy .
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After get back in Green Hills , Sonic is eager to prove that he has what it takes to be a unfeigned hero . His test comes when Dr. Robotnik render with a new partner , Knuckles , in lookup of a mystic emerald that has the top executive to ruin civilization . Sonic team up with his own chum , Tails , and together they embark on a ball - trotting journey to see the emerald before it flow into the incorrect deal .
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transonic the Hedgehog 2arrives in US theaters Friday , April 8 . It is 122 minutes long and rated PG for activity , some force , bounderish humor , and soft language .
