Director Bong Joon-ho explained the film ‘Mickey 17’.

On the morning of the 20th, a preview and press conference for the film ‘Mickey 17’ was held at CGV Yongsan I-PARK MALL in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Director Bong Joon-ho and actor Robert Pattinson attended the press conference that day.

Director Bong Joon-ho said, “It‘s been a while since we’ve had an event like this,“ and explained ‘Mickey 17’, “It‘s often called a sci-fi film, but it’s a film full of humanity. It‘s a film about a powerless and pitiful young man named Mickey. I came to encounter it as a sci-fi film with a human touch.”

Director Bong Joon-ho also said, “The film doesn’t carry a political banner. Director Bong Joon-ho said, “How pitiful this guy is. It would be fun to see it as a story of Mickey‘s growth,” and about the reason why the character who died 7 times in the original was killed 17 times, he said, “I wanted to increase the number of times. Seven times was not enough. I wanted to express the feeling of a worker through more diverse deaths.”

Meanwhile, ‘Mickey 17’ is a film that depicts an unpredictable story that unfolds when ‘Mickey (played by Robert Pattinson)’, an expendable item (Expendable) used in dangerous work, who is reprinted when he dies, is on the verge of death for the 17th time, and ‘Mickey 18’ is printed, thinking he is dead.

‘Mickey 17’ is based on Edward Ashton’s ‘Mickey 7’, published in 2022, and stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo, raising expectations for a big hit in 2025. It will be released in Korea for the first time worldwide on February 28.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com
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