Jim Carrey says he came out of retirement to star in Sonic The Hedgehog 3 because he “needed the money”.

The Canadian-American actor, who reprises his role as antagonist Dr ‘Eggman’ Robotnik for the franchise’s third instalment, made the remark while speaking to a journalist at the film’s London premiere on Tuesday.

The reporter asked him: “You said in past interviews that you would come back, if you got a script written in gold ink by angels. Is this the script?”

The 62-year-old…