So, we all knew that Knuckles the Echidna is going to be in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. What we didn’t know before now was that he is going to be voiced by Idris Elba of The Suicide Squad and Thor fame.
A pretty iconic spiked gloves appeared on the man’s twitter feed today, in a rather telling reveal:
https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/1425174698007138305
Further backed up by the official Sonic the Hedgehog twitter retweeting it and mentioning that the announcement should “punch things up a bit”:
This should punch things up. #Knuckles https://t.co/RB4WY1qkrd
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) August 10, 2021
As someone who deeply enjoys both the acting chops of Idris Elba AND the Sonic the Hedgehog live action film, this is like an early Christmas present – my boy Idris voicing the hero of Pumpkin Hill? THE Protector of Chaos Emeralds? Swoon.
Are you keen for Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Do let us know.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views.
