Alan Tudyk claims he was removed from I, Robot promotional materials after “testing higher than Will Smith” with fans.
Alan Tudyk was pulled from I, Robot promotional materials
The 54-year-old actor – who played robot Sonny in the 2004 blockbuster, which starred Will as Detective Del Spooner – has admitted he was “so shocked” by the decision, which came after trial audiences were shown the movie.
He told the Toon’d In with Jim Cummings podcast: “A lot of people didn’t know I did Sonny the robot in I, Robot, and there’s a reason for that, actually.
“They were doing test audiences with the movie and they score the characters and I got word back, ‘Alan, you’re testing higher than Will Smith‘.
“And then I was gone. I was gone. There was no publicity and my name was not mentioned.”
Will is yet to comment on the claims.
As well as voicing the robot, Tudyk – who has also appeared in the likes of Firefly, Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil and numerous Disney animations – shot the motion capture for the CGI character, noting he “put a lot into” the performance.
He added on the podcast – which was released in June but has only just started to make waves online: “I was so shocked, I was like, ‘Wait, what? How do they — nobody’s going to know that I —’ and [Fox] was like, ‘Mhm’.
“It was sad. I put a lot into it, because he had to move like a robot, so I had to move [like a robot]…. At the time, I was very upset.”
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