Sonic 2's Ben Schwartz & his Space Force co-stars weigh in on whether or not Idris Elba's Knuckles is sexy: 'Idris isn't taking no uggos. Idris don't take no uggo parts these days.' 'Yeah, because I don't think Idris accepts roles that aren't sexy.'
Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Ben Schwartz and his Space Force co-stars, Jimmy O. Yang, Tawny Newsome, and Diana Silvers, debate Idris Elba's Knuckles' sexiness. Schwartz voiced SEGA's superfast blue video game icon in 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog and will face Elba's echidna in the sequel. Schwartz also returned alongside O. Yang, Newsome, and Silvers for the second season of Netflix's space-bound workplace comedy.
"I would love for you guys to settle an internet debate with me that I've been enthralled in, and it kind of involves Ben Schwartz. Is Knuckles from Sonic 2 sexy?Tawny Newsome: That's Idris Elba right? Tawny Newsome: Yeah, because I don't think Idris accepts roles that aren't sexy. He even made that very creepy role in Cats kind of sexy where I was like,"Why are we hot for this cat man?" So just by the fact that they cast him, yes.
Diana Silvers: He can't. Even if they're animated. He oozes coolness in a way that he can't embody anything other than cool and hot.