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Robert Pattinson Got ‘Almost Turned Off’ From Acting Amid COVID and Strikes: ‘Every Actor for Two Years’ Was Saying ‘Nothing’s Cool’ About New Scripts

Robert Pattinson says there was two years of getting not great scripts, so he considered quitting acting.

Robert Pattinson admitted in an interview with Vanity Fair that he nearly convinced himself that cinema was dying and it was time to maybe stop acting as Hollywood struggled in the wake of the COVID pandemic and two major labor strikes. Pattinson is hoping that “Mickey 17,” his science-fiction black comedy from “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, comes out in “a period of enthusiasm for cinema.” Warner Bros. currently has the movie set for a theatrical release in the U.S. on March 7 after a world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. While Pattinson will be back in studio mode for “The Batman Part II,” which is expected to start shooting this year for an Oct. 2027 release date, he’s also got a handful of indie projects in the works as well.

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