Alan Tudyk has claimed he was removed from I, Robot ’s promotional trail after testing better than Will Smith in early screenings. Tudyk starred in the 2004 sci-fi thriller as Sonny, a robot accused of murder, and used motion-capture to pull off the CGI role.

Alan Tudyk recently appeared on the “Toon’d In with Jim Cummings” podcast and claimed he was dropped from the marketing of 2004’s “I, Robot” after it was discovered in test screenings that he was actually testing higher with audiences than leading man Will Smith. Tudyk appeared in the film as the robot Sonny via motion …

The actor Alan Tudyk has claimed he was cut from the 2004 action movie 'I, Robot' for allegedly testing more popularly than its leading man, Will Smith.