James Marsden is really handsome very
handsome between you and James Marsden
who's more attractive yeah yeah just
more than I think right you can see me
right
ladies and gentlemen I'm not enjoying
this but I'm about to intro the intro
ladies and gentlemen I give you Patrick
with what many people are saying is
quite possibly the best intro to any
polygon video ever made on your marks
get set
it's Patrick time baby hit it hi welcome
to polygon comm the website we see Wow
don't cut don't cut hello we have Ben
Schwartz here who is Sonic the Hedgehog
and he's a very busy man and we have a
lot of questions so we're gonna try to
get through this as quickly as possible
then question one how you doing I'm
doing very well I'm time to do all these
correct yes I'm doing well thank you
very much Patrick how are you I'm doing
very very well okay and there's a
boi-oi-oi-oi-oing after every correct
answer or there's no we don't know what
it means yet we don't know what it means
okay I can't we figure it out how did
you become involved in this project but
in ten seconds oh man I did the test
many years ago just to do the
five-minute test to try to sell to the
studios and after I did it it liked my
voice so much that they kept me around
for the real thing
great what's the most challenging part
about voicing Sonic the Hedgehog
challenging I think one of the things I
was most excited about and also I really
want to make the fans proud because
Sonic has a very passionate fan base
they've been a lot of actors who played
Sonic in the past and video games and in
cartoons so I really want to make them
proud so that was the thing and I feel
very fortunate gone over here yeah um
how did you get into character I got
into character by sometimes I drank a
little green tea and get caffeinated but
I always figure that Sonic was like this
little kid that had all this energy that
he always wanted to get out there in the
real world and he finally had the
opportunity to do it how do you get out
of character
great question I usually when I'm done
no joke cuz we do so much yelling and
voiceover stuff I'll have like an
emergency or something because I find
that I'll get sick sometimes because my
throat gets so raw from going up here
for six hours in a row in your own words
what is a hedgehog you want me to make
up new words or my word in your own
words okay schmoopy dots rooks pretty
first news
rapid cool you ever seen a hedgehog in
your life yes I've held on to
a hedgehog now because of this movie
really yeah you hold them onto like this
because their tops are very spiky what
do you think of this I think this is a
real hedgehog yeah it's beautiful in ten
seconds I think it's gorgeous thanks for
having me okay what is your favorite
noise from the Sonic games oh great
question coin I've started getting rings
and to me is very exciting also the Sega
when you start it is very very exciting
but also noise I mean the the music for
some of the board's are unbelievable but
there's a course do you remember any
other noises from the Sonic yeah of
course thank you so it goes like that
tan tan tan tan tan tan tan you have to
get the air ball before gets up it used
to make me so anxious it's crazy
do you remember the noise it makes when
you make a pass a checkpoint Oh at the
balloon yeah the balloon thing the Sonic
the Hedgehog is both a buddy film and a
roadtrip film have you ever been on a
road trip with your buddies Patrick I
have thank you very much for asking and
this story is gonna take at least five
minutes so it started in 1942 and in my
head I was like well how am i alive
no we I've done a bunch of road trips
what goes me down to 10 seconds I've
done a bunch of road trips and one one
was I took it from New York to monster
off the macho comedy festival and when
we did it we got stopped by Border
Patrol is a fun story that would be
would make a great time did you have a
visa was that that sort of situation
where they're like do you have this is
great that you're asking this in the car
was me Gill Azaria Adam pally
I believe Bobby Moynihan Charlie Sanders
it was the first time they introduced
sketch ever and Gill did not have his
passport so he brought his a birth
certificate or social security card and
then we found out that in the back we
had a sketch that had fake drugs in it
and so we had to go when we got to the
Border Patrol thing i Gill goes oh I'm
sorry I don't have my passport I just
had my birth certificate and go and we
have fake drugs in the back and get
everybody out and then everybody had a
car we got interviewed one by one one
time I got stops no no I'm gonna [ __ ]
have you been a road trip before I've
moved a lot yeah the name three cities
or states that you live in Texas how
does it feel to portray a character
who's so fervently adored by a massive
fan base its I feel very lucky and I
feel like however
sonic in the film has turned out to be a
beautiful little blue blur if you will
so I'm very proud of it but it is
exciting to jump in a franchise that has
so many people that adore it and you
just cross your fingers that we're doing
it justice and hoping the legacy
continues okay next question
yeah have you ever drawn Sonic fan art
have I ever drawn sounding favor
I have it I have seen some yeah would
you like to sure oh my god that's so
unfair dude was that drawn already
No oh you're talented sanic versus Sonic
this should be the sequel if we ever get
a sequel this should be the sequel bring
me on to the art sanic versus Sonic this
is incredible
may I ask you to draw the things okay so
let's try Megaman okay it's another blue
character ready and whenever you're
ready thank you very much for your time
and your and your help
5 okay alright nevermind sorry so you
can just draw sonic if you had Sonic's
powers how would you change the world
for the better I would race around I'd
find a way to help I would read it I
would try to help poverty and and
homelessness and I tried to get up but I
got I found that I was tied to my seat
if you had some expires what crimes
would you do okay I probably still where
do you live Brooklyn I was allowed to
steal from your your place I would 100%
steal from your place but replace it
with like like if you had pants that
were like let's say without you look
like you're a 21 waist so let's say you
had like a 21 ways to ever replace
someone like a 19 waist or something
like that or if you would choose I put
like a little bit of cheese in but
enough to make you feel like oh my god
do my feet make that it's not real you
know what I mean I try to screw with you
enough that when you woke up you'd be
uncomfortable with setting out towards a
day you just used Sonic's powers to
Gaslight me just you do you know any
other cool terms like Gaslight that I
can use in conversation yes can you give
me one just naturally pretend like we're
just talking what's up Patrick are you
good I'm really getting railroaded here
Oh
how do you take care of your voice I've
voiced a lot of characters that have
very high voices like Randy Cunningham
antegrade nadir was a very high voice do
we duck a very high voice and Sonic's
very high voice I take there's I found
this thing on Amazon and it's like a
liquid type thing that coats your throat
when you're when you do your vocal when
you do a high voice your vocal cords get
closer and they're hitting each other
and it gives it a little bit of a lining
and then I drink a lot of hot tea when
I'm doing it but it was a problem
because I don't know what he's my
diaphragm I wasn't trained so I have
ruined my throat I used to be a way
better singer and now I can't take as
much anymore sorry what's sonic running
from in the movie there is actually
someone who's running from you
specifically yes not the viewer me you
in some sonic literature dr. evil
Robotnik begins as a father figure to
Sonic that you turned my Eggman
dr. Eggman do you view Jim Carrey as a
father figure I actually grew up with
his movies I adore him he was an idol of
mine Dumb and Dumber I think is still
top five movies of all time for me so
meeting him for the first time I found
that in this business you'll have
watched somebody so long that when you
see them you're like you just know their
face so well and it takes a second for
them to be that thing and then become a
person so when I saw him like oh my
goodness this is all my favorite movies
and then we got to talk like human
beings and it was great in one of the
most charming interviews I've ever seen
you explained Sonic the Hedgehog to
Larry King oh yeah sure hedgehogs are
interesting no one I can't wait to see
where this goes
what other things did you'd like to
explain to Larry King I just did Larry
King again yeah because I've loved him
he gave me a pair of his suspenders once
and nothing brought me more joy than
when he has to say these pop-culture
references which he's reading off of a
thing I've never told the story before
to me more than 10 seconds is that
Alright can you tell me more about this
sure of course he's getting older and I
really care about him because I've been
watching him my whole life
and so I saw he was even older we were
talking about health stuff it was before
the cameras were rolling and we're
talking about health stuff and we're
getting into it and talking about how he
feels and he was lovely about it but you
know you could tell that he medically is
you know figuring stuff out and I go man
I hope you feel better and do it and he
said something then he goes
three-two-one you played a banana a duck
and a hedgehog
why you playing all these things like
what's going on what do you think
longtime fans are gonna think this movie
I really hope they enjoy it we put a lot
of Easter eggs in it to reward people
who played and we have like even a Smash
Brothers reference with like a
animation of Sonic we have when Sonic I
don't know if remember if he's like on
the edge of something he's kind of like
going like this we've hid that in the
movie on his bandana you have the
original logo we have all these things
that if you're a Sonic fan you're gonna
be rewarded but we want what do you
think Larry King will think of the movie
I hope he sees it
oh I think if he sees that he would like
it cuz where I got to be very funny in
it and Jim Carrey is unbelievably funny
I think he'd really enjoy it all right
you come out of the movie theater Larry
King comes out of the movie theater he's
just seen it what are his first words to
you hey Ben after that you know the
bathroom is there's an hour and a half
long movie I'm 100 years old do you know
what they used as an on-set stand-in for
Sonic yes they did I do know that we had
three different versions of the doll one
that you would I guess we'd call it doll
one that you would hold but then for
James also they had like a tennis ball
the whole thing that James and Jeff
Fowler director who's been amazing was
that I lines they wanted it they didn't
want it to look like James was just
looking at a person they want to know
exactly where Sonic's eyes would be in
something that which I thought was so
great so there was like three different
versions of Sonic just let me know what
you think about this this is one of the
standings this is Sonic this is one of
the sonic standings do you do you know
where that is right now oh my god are
you about to bring it out holy [ __ ]
are you for real are you for real tear
this is the Sonics visit the Sonics and
in what was your first video again um of
all time well first of all I play Dig
Dug and stuff on my Tandy and stuff but
if you wanna but if you want to say
consoles also maybe speak and teach his
time to be typing to remember that
you're younger than me I think
how old you well 31 you're 31 32 Wow
good job was it just your birthday right
now yeah just right then yeah but I when
I got there original Nintendo it comes
it came with duck hunt I got on with
duck hunt and it had Mario's Wong you
got the zapper so that was a big one for
me but then we quickly went on to Mike
Tyson's punch-out we quickly went on to
Zelda yeah
when like if somebody comes up to you
and they're like are you it what you
just right trying to make you look good
yeah oh
are you a gamer cuz I became yeah uh
yeah yeah can I have a badger
cat it alright um what was the game of
the decade this decade yeah
the decade I might say inside I like
Tomb Raider okay yep the Hedgehog's
dilemma suggests that in seeking
closeness and warmth we risk hurting
others ourselves how do you experience
love with that pain I think I think it's
possible but I think also the idea of
any low the inverse of something will
help you experience the other thing more
but surely you know that you're cold
without ever being warm if you went
outside in the winter in New York City
you'd be freezing right right sorry
what's the case for and against
pineapple on pizza I would say against
it's a lot of sweetness when you putting
them out if it's on tomato sauce and
cheese I feel like it's a lot of
sweetness and it kind of tart and for I
don't know you want to be crazy Shadow
the Hedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog yes the
dark reflection it's a villainous
Hedgehog he's everything Sonic is and
who's your shadow can I be honest and I
can't believe I'm gonna say this on
camera was embarrassed I think it's you
I think you're my I think you're my
villain I'm you but worse yeah not worse
just with villainous intentions I don't
think shadows worse shadows just a just
the inverse and a bit the villainous
side of it
yeah and eventually I think they team up
so I mean maybe that's well no spoilers
you know as a performer and an artist
how do you make sure that you're using
every bit of time you have left on this
earth to its very fullest it was a
performing artist I think one of the
things that really enjoys to make people
laugh and to try to create things that
I'm proud of
when sonic farts was that you farting
yeah that's me we put the series of
microphones around like almost like both
time remember in the matrix when he goes
like this and boats go through so we
have a series of cameras and when I fart
I trying to fart and do this so you kind
of feel the sound and emotion of me
being flatulent what color do you think
Sonic's arms should be right now we have
blue in the movie and one might say in
the video games they're white one might
say that the real question Patrick and
I'm gonna ask you this what color of
Sonic's hands that's a great question I
think they're blue under those gloves at
least in the film I know what color
they're real
yeah I can you tell us yes I can't push
Camarillo Mentos
this is enormous yeah check out our next
interview when polygons calm when we do
the sequel if we do the sequel please
let's do a sequel if we do a sequel it
should we do this one more time yeah
this is what has to happen for us to
have this interview
sana cast out a huge opening weekend all
the fans actually see this movie these
are all the things for you and I to meet
each other again Thank You Benjamin
I can't wait Patrick Tara thank you for
having me thank you all of the camera
human beings
I appreciate what a special time we've
had and let's sign off the way you
always sign off pop it into your camera
I love your I love your goodbye phrase
and that is everything that we could do
today his Christopher Walken sign off
thank you so much for having me guys
okay I'm gonna put on your finger have
you ever done this work now it never
works okay ready I have transfer it
let's get it fast
here we go great and do we have that in
slow-mo do we have it okay great well
let's pop that in slow-mo because I want
everybody see how scared Patrick was
when it touched his finger when a
basketball touched his finger