Actor Alan Tudyk has revealed the surprising reason for people not recognizing his role in I, Robot:
He was completely erased from the movie’s marketing campaign after test screenings reportedly showed that his character Sonny, the humanoid robot at the center of the film’s mystery, scored higher with audiences than the film’s main star, Will Smith.
“A lot of people did not know I did Sonny the Robot in I, Robot, and there is a reason,” Tudyk said in a recent podcast appearance.
“They were doing test audiences for the movie, and they scored the characters in this kind of test screening. I got word back: