I, Robot blev en moderat biografsucces i biograferne tilbage i 2004, og det skyldes, om ikke andet til dels, en ret overbevisende præstation af Alan Tudyk, som lagde stemme til robotten Sonny. Men det var der mange der måtte slå op, eftersom Tudyks navn blev fjernet fra alle plakater og andet promo-materiale.
Så hvordan kan det være? Her 20 år efter kan Tudyk endelig svare, og det får Hollywoods besættelse med store stjerner til at virke endnu mere bizar. I Toon'd-podcastet afslører Tudyk, at fordi hans karakter Sonny testede bedre med prøvepublikummer frem imod filmens premiere, og derfor blev hans samlede tilstedeværelse skjult så godt som studiet bag kunne:
"A lot of people didn't know I did Sonny the Robot in I, Robot, and there's a reason for that. Because they were doing test audiences with the movie, and they score the characters in this kind of test audience. And I'd got word back: 'Alan, you're testing higher than Will Smith.' And then I was gone. I was done. There was no publicity, and my name was not mentioned."
"I was so shocked. I was like, 'Wait, nobody is going to know that I'm in it!' I put a lot into it, because he had to move like a robot, so I had to move... it was, whatever it was. At the time, I was very upset."
Som Tudyk nævner var det også ham der leverede motion capture, men hans navn var ingen steder at finde, kun i slutteksterne.
<social>https://youtu.be/lV0ElD0eTHA?feature=shared</social>