Sonic the Hedgehog 3 director Jeff Fowler has opened up about Keanu Reeves' performance as Shadow, and how the John Wick series was the perfect, albeit unconventional, "audition" for his voice casting.

An eerie piece of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 fan art by BossLogic highlights Shadow the Hedgehog's eyes. This comes after Sonic 3 got a new trailer that showed more of Keanu Reeves' Shadow. Shared onto X, the artwork in question sees Shadow's stasis capsule shattered and fluid on the floor,

Keanu Reeves taking on the role of Shadow in Sonic The Hedgehog 3 is pretty inspired casting. There’s no doubt he’s going to be awesome in the role, and he recently opened up about the "intense" process of getting into character when recording.