Alan Tudyk I just revealed a wild story behind the scenes of his time on the 2004 science fiction success Me, robotAnd he explains why so many people still don’t know that he was inside.
Appearing on Toon’t in with jim cummings Podcast, Tudyk said he was abandoned by the film marketing campaign after the tests of the tests showed that he was scoring higher with the public than the protagonist of the film, Will Smith.
Tudyk gave birth to the Sonny robot through motion work and vocal work, but after the study saw the test results, he claims to have decided to make his involvement … he vanishes.
“Many people did not know that I have made the robot Sonny Me, robotAnd there is a reason. They were doing a trial audience for the film and mark the characters in this type of test screening.
“I received the word:” Alan, you are testing higher than Will Smith. “And then I was gone.
The actor admitted that the move blinded him.
“I was so shocked. I was like, ‘Wait, nobody will know they are inside!’ I put a lot in [that performance]. I had to move like a robot. At the time I was very troubled. “
He totally has the right to be angry for this! What a disgusting thing to do for the study to an actor!
Me, robot was directed by Alex ProyasAnd it is set in 2035, follows the Detective of Chicago di Smith who investigates the suspect death of a founder of the robotic society. While the highly intelligent robots of society are intended to serve humanity, Smith’s character suspects one of them, Sonny, of murder.
The cast is also present Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James CromwellAND Who McBride.
In 2004, Motion Capture was still a relatively fresh tool in Hollywood. Apart from characters like Jar Jar Binks Star Wars and Gollum in The Lord of the RingsThe audience hadn’t seen much.
Tudyk’s work as Sonny helped to push that forward technology, and later became a favorite by fans like the sarcastic droid K-2SO Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and his Disney+ prequel series Andor.
More than 20 years have passed since then Me, robot You hit the theaters, but for many fans, this could be the first time that they realize that Sonny’s soul has come from Alan Tudyk. It turns out that the reason why they didn’t know … it was design. I mean, you can’t have Tudyk to be better than Will Smith! Sheesh.
That movie would have been much better without Smith.
By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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