Alan Tudyk is explaining why many fans of I, Robot still have no idea he starred in the movie.

The 54-year-old actor appeared on the Toon’d In with Jim Cummings podcast and claimed he was dropped from the marketing campaign for the 2004 sci-fi film after test screenings showed that his character was scoring higher with audiences than the film’s lead, Will Smith .

“A lot of people did not know I did Sonny the Robot in I, Robot , and there is a reason,” Alan said.

“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. There was no publicity, and my name was not mentioned.”

Alan said he was shocked by the move, explai

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