I watched I, Robot today. I haven’t seen it in years, and ngl it’s a movie I really like. It’s a compelling plot, fitting with the advancement of robot is bad theme. I wound up looking up the cast, because one of the actors looked familiar.
There’s a character named Alfred Lanning, who created what’s called The Three Laws of Robotics. Pertaining to how a robot cannot cause harm to a human, or be commanded to do so. The actor who played the character Lanning is James Cromwell.
In looking up Cromwell, the only role I recognize him in, is Big Hero 6. And he voices Professor Robert Callaghan.
The first thing that came into my head when that clicked, is the scene where Hiro is introduced to him. Where he points out, he was the inventor! Callaghan’s Laws of Robotics!!! Then I thought of the later scene where Baymax says his programming prevents him from harming a human being, and then Hiro pulls out the chip and the robot goes into death mode.
But I am psyched out, that Cromwell played a character who was such a pinnacle in the robotics industry two separate times!
I would also like to mention that Alan Tudyk also took involvement in both. Sonny in I, Robot then Alastair Krei in Big Hero 6.
