Sonic 3 writers admit that they did consider killing James Marsden's lovable Tom: "It came up... but would have been maybe a bridge too far"

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He explains: “There were definitely talks of how can we up the stakes.

So, it was kind of well like, what could push him to that point?”

We want people to be happy at the end of this movie.

I think doing that would have been maybe a bridge too far."

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out now in theaters worldwide.