![]() ![]() Hailing from Mobius, Knuckles was raised as a warrior amongst his tribe, the echidnas, an ancient order of heroes who had been feuding with the owls for centuries over the echidnas' Master Emerald, a weapon of ultimate power that the owls had hidden away somewhere. ![]() On parts of his face, dreadlocks, masks, Knuckles wore some white paint.Ī young Knuckles with his father, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film). Additionally, Knuckles wore green cuffs on his ankles and wrists, as well as a beaded necklace. On his white gloves and white footwear, he wore grayed-out sports tape. When he was much younger, Knuckles donned a wooden tribal mask with feathers on it that was shaped in the form of a skull. The soles are light gray and each possess a gray, hextuple-bolted plate on top. Each has the top folded down to reveal a soft green interior. He also wears red and yellow mountain boots. He also has seven dreadlock-like spines around the sides and back of his head, broad shoulders, and a medium-sized, tri-crooked tail.įor attire, Knuckles wears two large white boxing gloves with spikes attached to them. His eyes in particular glow red whenever he utilizes his chaos energy-based powers. Knuckles is an anthropomorphic echidna with predominantly red fur that covers most of his body, a black and pointy nose on his peach-furred muzzle, a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his chest, and purple eyes. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Review However, the idea was immediately turned down by others working on the film, leading Elba to try several other voices and accents for Knuckles until he settled on the final one. Įlba also originally wanted to give Knuckles a "squeaky" voice. Combining this with the visuals of iconic and familiar moments of action from the Sonic series, is something that Fowler says he would " attribute to the Sonic-ness of it all". In an interview, Fowler described him as " a heavy, and really just making him the badass that he is in the earliest versions of him, going all the way back to the ’90s". The inclusion of more iconic moments and elements from the Sonic series in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 also influenced Knuckles' personality. To Fowler, this dynamic between Sonic and Knuckles creates a dramatic sort of material and a great foundation to build a movie story around. Because of this, there is an interesting dynamic in the movie " where Knuckles is just a force of nature, and Sonic is out of his element at first because Knuckles is just more than he can handle". Fowler would further state " that does not turn you into a superhero overnight". Fowler considers that a difficult challenge for Sonic because, as of the end of Sonic the Hedgehog, " Sonic has been in one fight". Fowler also described Knuckles as someone " who has power, and in his many ways is just better suited for combat than Sonic is" and " whose entire existence is about honor and about being a warrior". Accordingly, " Knuckles provides me with plenty of opportunities to just go hog wild with spectacle". When it came to including Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Fowler took Knuckles as seriously as Elba did. ![]() In Fowler's own words, Elba "absolutely nailed it" when voicing Knuckles. According to director Jeff Fowler, Elba was eager to absorb it all and workshop his portrayal of Knuckles into the definitive version of the character. When voicing Knuckles, Idris Elba looked to mine for backstory and identity and find " everything that an actor needs in order to create a character and a kind of craft performance".
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