12 March 2025

Sam Woodhams reflected on working on Mickey 17 on his IG:

I had the time of my life doubling for Robert Pattinson as he brought to life multiple Mickeys. What an honour to stand opposite, and to have the task of throwing some acting at him to work with! It’s just as well my job was to watch and study Rob closely, as I was absolutely mesmerised from day one.

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12 March 2025

Rita Ora during an episode of The Masked Singer confirmed what Taika said back in 2022, that Robert Pattinson introduced them. From EW:

“When Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg pieces together a vampire bat clue that makes her think of Twilight and guesses The Batman star Robert Pattinson, Ora is quick to jump in.

“He’s a very good friend of mine. He actually introduced me to my husband, [Taika Waititi],” she tells the other panelists of Pattinson. An incredulous Ken Jeong then asks her if Griffin introduced her to Waititi.

She goes along with it and jokes, “Griffin introduced me to my husband,” before admitting that she really doesn’t think the singer is him because, “Rob is really shy.” Though she does admit “all the clues match, and you are the queen of clues [McCarthy-Wahlberg], so, who knows, right? Who knows.”

Check out the exclusive clip below.

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.

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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.