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.

Directed by Alex Proyas, “I, Robot” is about a Chicago police detective (Smith) who investigates the alleged suicide of a robotics company founder and becomes convinced that one of the robots, Sonny (Tudyk), murdered him.

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.