26 March 2025
Rob and Mickey 17 feature on the cover of the April issue of American Cinematographer. We also receive a new BTS shot. In the edition “Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC and director Bong Joon Ho discuss their approach to the sci-fi black comedy Mickey 17, and visual-effects supervisor Dan Glass details how key effects were created.”
JoBlo.com’s “WTF Happened to Robert Pattinson” looks back at how Rob went from Twilight to Mickey 17. Below is an excerpt of the print article:
“While caught in the Twilight saga, he could still express himself artistically with smaller projects, allowing him to play around more and make art. He literally played a character named Art in the film How To Be, soon after the first Twilight film. And that same year, he played one of the greatest, most eccentric artists of all time, Salvador Dali, in Little Ashes. He squeezed out a mustache and performed real sex acts on himself in a desperate display to show everyone that he was a serious actor, and because of that, we had to believe him. Gross. Along with the titles Remember Me, Love And Distrust, and the romantic drama Water For Elephants in 2011. Remember, this was all done in between his Twilight shooting schedule. This young man had conquered Hollywood as a movie star, so he had nothing to do but prove himself as an actor and artist. Many actors often join prestigious period pieces and work with auteur filmmakers to build their arthouse street credentials. Robert Pattinson did just that with Bel Ami and David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis. Both were made in 2012, the same year he finally finished with his dreaded franchise of fangs and broke away after Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
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
— love#Mickey17 pic.twitter.com/dhFxbSH64O
(@love__cinema) February 28, 2025
No upcoming appearances
Free download - Click on photo below. Thanks to Suze for putting together.
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Turning the calendar page to March.
#Robert
