Alan Tudyk Says He Was Cut From I, Robot Promo Because Audiences Liked Him Better Than Will Smith

Alan Tudyk is providing his take on why no one knows he is legend. 

The I, Robot actor shared that he got cut from the marketing promos for the 2004 film—in which he played lovable humanlike robot Sonny opposite Will Smith‘s Del Spooner—due to the results of early test screenings of the blockbuster flick. 

“A lot of people did not know I did Sonny the Robot in I, Robot, and there is a reason,” Alan said during a recent appearance on the Toon’d In with Jim Cummings podcast. “They were doing test audiences for the movie, and they score the characters in this kind of test screening. I got word back: ‘Alan, you are testing higher than Will Smith.’ And then I was gone. I was done.”

And the 54-year-old recalled being taken out of more than just the promos. As he noted, “There was no publicity, and my name was not mentioned.”