Dr. Ivo Robotnik is one of video games’ iconic villains, and Jim Carrey brought him to life in the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hit theaters this week, and Carrey again received praise for his manic performance as the character in addition to his own grandfather, Gerald, this time around.
While Carrey had a stint of dramatic roles beginning in the late ’90s and won two Golden Globes back-to-back for The Truman Show and Man on The Moon, a coveted Oscar nomination never came. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 co-writer Pat Casey wants to change that, hyping up Carrey’s dual performance as Oscar-worthy.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – Official Second Trailer
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“Jim Carrey deserves an Oscar nom for Sonic 3. That’s right, I said it,” Casey posted on Twitter. When asked to clarify for which role, Casey doubled down. “Good point, he should be nominated twice.”
Video game movies aren’t really considered Oscar bait outside of Best Animated Feature and maybe Original Song and Score. It’s only recently that comic book movies get nominated, much less win, for major awards, but it’s not impossible.
Even if his name isn’t called during the Oscar nominations, Sonic 3 gives Carrey a career first: a role in a trilogy. Carrey recently told GamesRadar that he used to avoid sequels so he wouldn’t become stale, but saw something in Ivo that he wanted to “sit with.”
“Maybe six months before the first Sonic movie, I thought to myself I’d like to have a character that I could sit with for a bit for a few films,” the actor said. “Especially if it could evolve, if it could change from film to film.”
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is in theaters now.