11 March 2025

Rob recently spoke to Premiere magazine for his Mickey 17 promo. Although we posted the translation (read the whole interview at hyerplink) IndieWire had this to say:

“Robert Pattinson recently shared how his co-star Zendaya eased his overthinking as an actor. Pattinson, who co-stars with the “Challengers” actress in Kristoffer Borgli’s upcoming A24 film “The Drama,” told French publication Premiere that Zendaya made him less “crazy” amid his dissection of the script.

We had a scene together that was driving me crazy,” Pattinson said of filming the feature. “I was desperately looking for its meaning, writing pages and pages of textual analysis. I ended up calling Zendaya the night before shooting the scene. I shared my doubts with her, I spoke for two hours, and after a while, very calmly, she made me understand that the line just said what it meant to say, that there was no hidden meaning.

He added, “And there I was going crazy for three days.”

Perhaps Pattinson’s analysis of the script is an indicator of just how twisted the film’s plot might prove to be, as filmmaker Borgli knows his way around messed-up stories. He previously helmed the trippy “Dream Scenario,” also for A24 and the darkly funny “Sick of Myself.” Also of note: “The Drama” is produced by horror and suspense mastermind Ari Aster.”

11 March 2025

We have posted previously in this post that “Die, My Love” may be part of the Cannes line-up. THR are also speculating that this may be so given that we are two months away from the festival. Reminder that the lineup will be announced mid-April:

“Lynne Ramsay does not make many movies, but when she does finish one, it goes to Cannes. Her 1999 feature debut, Ratcatcher, was in Un Certain Regard; her 2002 follow-up Morvern Callar premiered in Directors’ Fortnight; and We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and You Were Never Really Here (2017) were both in competition. Ramsay’s Cannes connection actually extends further, with shorts Small Deaths (1996) and Gasman (1998) both bowing on the Croisette. Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Lawrence and LaKeith Stanfield star in her latest, a psychological thriller adapted from a novel by Argentine writer Ariana Harwicz about a woman in rural France driven to the brink of insanity by marriage and motherhood.”

As usual, I will be setting out reviews of Rob’s performance in Mickey17 (and sometimes generalisations of cast). The first lot are obviously from the London premiere, but I will also include Berlinale and any other reviews as the movie slowly comes into distribution. I am expecting a LOT of reviews so I will be updating this post regularly. Latest reviews will be added to end of each section.

THE SWEET

14 February 2025 (London premiere)

The Nerds of Colour: Director Bong does it again! #Mickey17 is mind blowing, hilarious, and his most epic film to date! Weird, smart, and wonderful, with a stellar dual performance from Robert Pattinson, and brilliant turns from Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffal

Andrew J. Salazar (Discussing Film): ·MICKEY 17 is equal parts sci-fi drama and political satire. Bong Joon-ho’s sense of humor is both subtle and brash when needed, even evoking Paul Verhoeven at times à la Starship Troopers. This allows Robert Pattinson to deliver a crazy subversive and hilarious dual performance.

@Allen8806283928: Bong Joon-ho expertly blends subtle and brash humor, reminiscent of Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers, allowing Robert Pattinson to shine in a brilliantly subversive and comedic dual role.

Emily Murray (Games Radar+): Director Bong Joon Ho follows up Parasite with the zany #Mickey17 – a thrilling, unexpected sci-fi drama which feels incredibly urgent to today’s world You’ll instantly fall for Robert Pattinson’s brilliant performance, with Mark Ruffalo’s sleazy politician being a highlight too.

5 March 2025

Mickey 17: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo and more guess their film with the most fans on Letterboxd

It’s not the one Rob thinks!

The page was taking a long time to load so I have split the masterpost into Parts 1 and Part 2 – Part 2 will be updated as from March 2025.

28 February 2025

Here’s the interview with PD Na Young-Seok

Here’s a heads up for an interview with PD Na Young-Seok being aired later today. Will post as soon as it is available. Thanks @love_cinema

Robert Pattinson & Director Bong had an interview with PD Na Young-Seok in Seoul! It will be aired on youtube 'Channel Fullmoon' at 6pm KST today #Mickey17 pic.twitter.com/dhFxbSH64O

— love (@love__cinema) February 28, 2025

4 March 2025
During Robert Pattinson & Bong Joon-Ho Talk Mickey 17, Future Roles & Guilty Pleasures for GQ, Rob disclosed the following about meeting with a director who makes horror films and how he can no longer watch them. IndieWire is guessing that this could be Parker Finn:

“I did get very frightened [recently]. I had to do a meeting with the director, and he’d done this horror movie, and I watched it, and I kept thinking that someone was breaking into my house,” Pattinson said. “And so I was sitting on my sofa with two kitchen knives, waiting for the person to come in. And then I fell asleep with them basically in my neck on the couch. And my girlfriend came in and she was like, “What is happening, why do you have two knives in your face and you’re sleeping [laughs]. Yeah it was probably a squirrel.”

Pattinson could be talking about “Smile” and “Smile 2” director Parker Finn, who’s mounting a “Possession” remake Pattinson is producing.