The actor appeared in the 2004 sci-fi thriller as the robot Sonny via motion capture and voice acting, but he was totally absent from 20th Century Fox film’s marketing and press tour. “A lot of people ...

This gall bladder operation was far more complex, with the robot surgeon — powered by a two-tier AI system — trained on 17 hours of video encompassing 16,000 motions.

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.