Robert Pattinson Says Bong Joon Ho Is an ‘Unusual’ Director: ‘Mickey 17’ Felt ‘So Impossible’ to Make at the Start
Robert Pattinson isn’t shying away from detailing just how different of an experience it was to work with director Bong Joon Ho.
Pattinson, who leads Bong’s oft-delayed “Mickey 17,” told The New York Times Style magazine that the filmmaker has a unique directing process. “Mickey 17” is Bong’s first film since his history-making Best Picture winner “Parasite,” which was released in 2019.
“He’s an unusual guy,” Pattinson said. For instance, Pattinson described to the Times that Bong would shoot the last line to a scene and then make script changes on the fly.
“Everyone on set was like, ‘What is happening?’” Pattinson said. “The movies you like most are the ones that feel so impossible at the beginning. It’s such a leap of faith — just sticking the landing is cool.”
To play Mickey, one of numerous “expendables” who are created just to perform dangerous jobs where...
Pattinson, who leads Bong’s oft-delayed “Mickey 17,” told The New York Times Style magazine that the filmmaker has a unique directing process. “Mickey 17” is Bong’s first film since his history-making Best Picture winner “Parasite,” which was released in 2019.
“He’s an unusual guy,” Pattinson said. For instance, Pattinson described to the Times that Bong would shoot the last line to a scene and then make script changes on the fly.
“Everyone on set was like, ‘What is happening?’” Pattinson said. “The movies you like most are the ones that feel so impossible at the beginning. It’s such a leap of faith — just sticking the landing is cool.”
To play Mickey, one of numerous “expendables” who are created just to perform dangerous jobs where...
- 12/4/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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