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Bong Joon Ho Says ‘Mickey 17’ Villain Was Modeled on Past Dictators But May Remind Viewers of Present-Day Political Leaders


The Oscar-winning director of 'Parasite' touched down at the Berlin Film Festival to unveil his new sci-fi feature, which stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.

The Oscar-winning director of 'Parasite' touched down at the Berlin Film Festival to unveil his new sci-fi feature, which stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. Multi-Oscar-winning South Korean director Bong Joon Ho glided into the snow-blanketed Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday to unveil his long-in-the-making sci-fi feature Mickey 17 — and it wasn’t long before the international media in the German capital probed the auteur about the relevance of his new movie to the world’s politically fraught present. Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson as a down-and-out space colonist living in a high-tech dystopia overseen by a dictator played by Mark Ruffalo with signature relish.

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