Keanu Reeves in Sonic the Hedgehog was foreshadowed all along
16.04.2024 - 12:33
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Last night it was revealed that Keanu Reeves will be the voice of Shadow in the forthcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film.
The news quickly spread across social media, with users sharing memes of Shadow, Cyberpunk 2077 and more in celebration.
Thing is, the first Sonic film foreshadowed (get it) Keanu Reeves' involvement way back in the first film. Sort of.
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There's a scene in the first film where Sonic spots Reeves in the iconic 1994 thriller Speed (because of course), to which Sonic exclaims: «Keanu! You are a national treasure.»
Well, now he's a national treasure in a Sonic film — though I particularly enjoy this X user suggesting some sort of Sonic and Shadow voice actor inception.
I hope we get a post credit scene of Sonic and Shadow chilling watching TV and Sonic is freaked out by how Shadow sounds exactly like Keanu on TV, Shadow doesn’t get it, so they switch channels to Park and Recreation, to which Shadow is shook by how Sonic sounds like Ben Schwartz https://t.co/4Z7B9NYpKA— Anny Mation (@MationMiss) <a href=«https://twitter.com/MationMiss/status/1779972247148433478?ref_src=» https:>April 15, 2024
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Elsewhere, fans have been sharing plenty of memes following the news of Reeves being cast as Shadow.
chat is this real???? <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/SonicMovie3?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#SonicMovie3
pic.twitter.com/H4mfg7gKRC— Twitch (@Twitch) <a href=«https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1780038445487866187?ref_src=» https:>April 16, 2024
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Instead of cgi Shadow it should just be keanu with a red streak in his hair but everyone just accepts he's a hedgehog https://t.co/ARUWuy1UmQ— Jewelknightjess — Fallout Giveaway Open! (@JewelKnightJess) <a href=«https://twitter.com/JewelKnightJess/status/1779970855713272173?ref_src=» https:>April 15, 2024
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With the third Sonic film seemingly following the events of Sonic Adventure 2, fans have been sharing their favourite quotes from the game — how great would this sound in Reeves' voice?
I WILL NEVER MENTALLY RECOVER IF I HEAR KEANU UTTER THIS DIALOGUE, I SWEAR https://t.co/JLlbccHpKX pic.twitter.com/5TxpKYMkLH— UltimAdo (@UltimaShadowX) <a href=«https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX/status/1779968916699091101?ref_src=» https:>April 15, 2024
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Here's a cool reference to perhaps Reeves' most iconic role