Robert Pattinson describes ‘Mickey 17’ as director Bong Joon-ho’s brave work

Jan 20, 2025, 05:54 pm

“Director Bong’s ability to maintain humor within the work was incredibly appealing.”

Actor Robert Pattinson, who stars in Bong Joon-ho’s first Hollywood film “Mickey 17,” described the film as “Director Bong’s brave work” during a press conference held at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Seoul on Monday.

“It is rare to see a sci-fi film with light and humorous scenes on a grand scale similar to the ‘Star Wars’ series,” Pattinson said. “There are probably only about four or five directors in the world who can be compared to Director Bong.”

“Mickey 17” is a sci-fi film about a cloned human sent to colonize an ice-covered planet. Pattinson plays Mickey, who is discarded and resurrected as a clone each time he dies during his mission. The story unfolds when the 17th Mickey, who has not died, suddenly encounters the 18th Mickey.

“It was a crazy script that I read very quickly and enjoyed, but it became complicated when I looked into why Mickey is the way h is,” Pattinson said. “He is a character who has a total lack of self-confidence, but he doesn’t feel sorry for himself.”

He added that while acting, he thought of the character Mickey as a poorly trained dog that he had owned in the past. “Like my pet dog, who never changed no matter what punishment was given, Mickey only realizes ‘I should have lived my life differently’ after dying 17 times.”

Director Bong introduced the film as “a humanistic sci-fi movie filled with the scent of humanity,” describing it as “the story of an ordinary, powerless, and somewhat pitiful young man.” He added, “Since Mickey is part of the working class in extreme conditions, class issues may be embedded in the work, but it does not carry a grand political flag addressing class struggle.”

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