Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho found it a relatively easy choice to cast Robert Pattinson as the titular character in his latest film "Mickey 17."

Director Bong recalled, "The day of the meeting was fun. When he walked into the cafe, he really looked like Mickey. He seemed somewhat wronged," to which Pattinson quipped, "You didn’t think, 'He really looks stupid' or something like that?" which drew laughter.

Following the release of his Oscar-winning hit Parasite, all eyes were on what director Bong Joon Ho would do next. Finally five years later his next project is arriving on our screens and according to our own five star Mickey 17 review,

Robert Pattinson's Mickey 17 is one of the most awaited films of the year as fans will see the actor in a thriller movie after quite a while as he teams up with Parasite director Bong Joon-ho.

So how, exactly, do you make a new human? No, sicko. We don’t mean that. We mean in the context of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17. In the film, Robert Pattinson plays Mickey, a human “expendable” who is brought back to life, over and over, after he dies. How does that work? A new book shows you, in more ways than one.

On a recent visit to The Late Show, award-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho shared why, though he respects musicals, he could never make one himself. Watch the conversation here!

Korean director hails Pattinson's 'excellent' playing of two versions of his character in a film about persistence in the face of adversity By Baek Byung-yeul Acclaimed Korean director Bong Joon-ho said his coming film Mickey 17,

Entertainment 'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho on blending genres in 'Mickey 17' February 26, 2025. South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, whose film "Parasite" made history at the 2

Mickey 17 finally comes out next week, but director Bong Joon-ho is already talking about his big-scale next movie, teasing the release date.