Summer movie champ Will Smith starred in the Oscar-nominated “I, Robot” as Del Spooner, a Chicago detective in a world of worker robots. In the movie, Spooner investigates the death of the founder of U.S. Robotics, which is supposed to have been a suicide. His key suspect is the robot Sonny, played by Tudyk.

Alan Tudyk, who played Sonny in "I, Robot," says his character was more popular than Will Smith's, so he was kicked off the film's press run.

The "I, Robot" actor said that he was cut from all promo for the movie because he was "testing higher" than costar Will Smith in early screenings.