Primarily known as a comedy actor, Paul Rudd has built up some blockbuster cred over his career, particularly by playing Scott Lang, a.k.a.
Rather than being tapped to voice Sonic the Hedgehog for his proper cinematic debut (the character has previously cameoed in Wreck-It Ralph and Ready Player One), That Hashtag Show reports that Paul Rudd is being looked at to play Tom, a police officer who befriends Sonic and will likely help the main protagonist and his fellow animal allies help stop the main villain, Robotnik, a.k.a.
Assuming Paramount isn’t looking to make an intense, PG-13 Sonic the Hedgehog movie (I don’t even want to imagine what an R-rated Sonic movie would look like), then this will be a good opportunity for Rudd to reach younger moviegoers.
But rarely does he venture outside of PG-13/R territory, with arguably the biggest exception to this being when he was one of the voices in Monsters vs. Aliens.