Mickey 17’s Bong Joon-ho Explains Robert Pattinson Movie’s Title Change
stars Robert Pattinson as several different versions of the same character. In a recent interview, director revealed why they settled on the number “17”.
Speaking to Deadline during the red carpet event for the film’s premiere, Bong was asked why he chose to have 17 Mickeys in the film instead of another number. According to the director, he wanted to convey just how routine it is for Mickey to die in the movie.
“If [dying] is your job, then you should go through it more times, it should be like your routine,” said Bong, before joking that something like seven times “was not enough.”
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Director Bong Joon-ho on why he wanted to have 17 Mickeys in the film instead of 7 like in the Edward Ashton novel that the film is based on: “If [dying] is your job, then you should go through it more times, it should be like your routine.”
“7 was not enough” he joked pic.twitter.com/bXAYR2oftA
“From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17,” the official synopsis reads. “The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.”
Along with Pattinson (The Batman, Tenet), the cast of Mickey 17 includes Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, Nope), Toni Collette (Hereditary, Knives Out), and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things, Avengers: Infinity War).
Bong Joon-ho produced the movie alongside Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Dooho Choi. Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd, and Marianne Jenkins serve as executive producers.
Bong Joon-ho made his feature film directorial debut in 2000 with Barking Dogs Never Bite. He then went on to direct 2003’s Memories of Murder, 2006’s The Host, 2009’s Mother, 2013’s Snowpiercer, and 2017’s
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