Alan Tudyk has made a good career to play roles on the other side. Sometimes he is a robot like in Rogue one or Superhuman. In other cases it is an alien, like on Resident Alien, Or he gives his voice to all types of strange, crazy creatures of Moana And Encanto To Big Hero 6 And Wrack-it Ralph. Long earlier, however, Tudyk played Sonny, the Lead robot in Will Smith Hit from 2004 I, robot– But there is a good chance that you didn't know that.
This is because it was not made well known. About speaking “Toon was with Jim Cummings” Podcast, Tudyk, explained that after a test demonstration for the film, the audience gave its character Sonny, Sonny, a higher number of points than Will Smith's character, DEL. When this happened, he was no longer part of the massive press tour of the film. “Many people didn't know that I made Sonny the robot I, robot, And there is a reason, “said Tudyk. I have the news back:” Alan, you tested higher than Will Smith. “And then I was gone. I was done. There was no advertising and my name was not mentioned.”
“I was so shocked,” continued Tudyk. “I said, 'Wait, nobody will know that I'm there!' I put a lot in [my performance]. I had to move like a robot. At that time I was very upset. “And who can accuse him? The phantom threat and Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. Thanks to some of his later roles, Tudyk would later become more synonymous for the technology, but this is a large one for which he did not receive the loan he deserved.
Smith has not come out to discuss Tudyk's revelations and probably not. But there are many precedents of huge stars that do not like to share the spotlight, so you get the meaning that happened here. You can watch the clip from around 17:22 below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0eld0tha
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