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Alan Tudyk Says He Got Dropped From ‘I, Robot’ Publicity After Testing Higher Than Will Smith With Test Screening Audiences: ‘I Was Very Upset’

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Obligatory behind the scenes of Alan Tudyk voicing a rooster in Moana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaGYXjMwS60
- "I w-I went to Juilliard" lol he sounds so disappointed to be voicing a chicken.
  edit i'm a huge fan of tudyk, maybe disappointed was the wrong word. more of a "sometimes you just have to laugh" tone. Also everyone needs to watch Resident Alien if you haven't already. I think season 4 dropped recently
  
  Dude has had a legendary career and is universally loved. I doubt that was disappointment.
  
  There's no way he's disappointed. Every time I see him talk about his work, he's elated. That's probably just clipped from something out of context.
  
  Dude got paid $300k to make chicken noises according to this source. I think that should be enough money for him to keep his arrogance on the shelf.
  https://fandomwire.com/moana-2-budget-and-cast-salary-forget-dwayne-johnson-his-daughters-will-carry-home-a-massive-paycheck-for-their-role-in-the-sequel/
I was so psyched to see that movie, only for it to be more spectacle and lacking substance. Fucking disappointed.
Obviously not even Asimov's story (since it's a collection of stories with an overarching plot). I'll watch it on occasion, but mostly for Alan's work.
- Maddox Mission said it best,
  15 minutes into the movie I wanted to watch a movie on my JVC player, wearing converse while drinking some ovalteen as I got into my Audi.
  the movie was one product placement after another.
  
  That movie stands out in my mind as the most egregious product placement I've ever seen. The plot grinds to a halt for the protagonist to talk about a specific product for absolutely no reason.
  The parody in Wayne's World was less awful!
- I loved the book and the movie broadly addressed the same theme as the final story, ie "what if robots controlled humanity". Maybe you can interpret the movie as an interlude between when the machines actually take over and figure out a more subtle way to control the planet, as they do in the book.
Tudyk is hilarious
What's the problem if he was testing better?
Whatever brings in the most viewers?
Advertise both of them.
- Ego says no.
- Lol, you've never heard of touchy A-list actors. The implication here is that Smith's team killed Tudyk's inclusion in promo.
Wouldn't be the first time he got someone fired now would it?
- Except his mindless, tone-deaf crotchfruit. That dumbass gets spooned into things like Willy's carrying a dustpan everywhere.
Was it because Will Smith barely ever chooses to act? I know he can but he rarely plays anyone except Will Smith. Tudyk's range is delightful. I loved him as Mr. Priest, for example.
Alan Tudyk would probably have been a fine detective Spooner.
Will Smith is a fine detective Spooner.
It's the casting's director choice, it's normal for actors who were not picked to be sore.

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