Director from South Korea, Bong Joon Ho, winner of the "Oscar" award for the film "Parasite," confirmed that his new film highlights the resistance of ordinary people who own property in conditions of the spread of despotism in many countries. At the center of the film "Mickey 17" is a young volunteer, played by British actor Robert Pattinson, who participates in a cloning program of the future.
"Mickey" undergoes training, inhales toxic gases, and is injected with experimental vaccines, after which he is reincarnated several times with the help of a three-dimensional printer of a human. The director of the film "Parasite" (2019) noted that "Mickey is a young weak man who invokes sympathy, but despite many trials, he ultimately remains unbreakable."
Bong Joon Ho, at a press conference in Seoul ahead of the screening of his latest film in South Korea, said that it is "a story I wanted to tell." The villainous character in the film, played by an actor from "The Avengers," Mark Ruffalo, represents a natural billionaire with negative traits, reminiscent of American President Donald Trump and his assistant - the richest person in the world, Elon Musk.
The politician travels into space to seize an icy planet due to financial difficulties, and "Mickey" begins to undertake dangerous missions on a cosmic ship. The director noted that "throughout history, tyrants have been terrifying figures, but they also possessed a strange charm that fascinated people," when the film was shot in 2022, before Trump's return to the White House.
Mark Ruffalo spoke about his character, described as egoistic and weak, saying, "we did not want him to be a particular personality," adding, "We have seen such leaders many times in the past century." "Three years later this film became more important than at the moment of filming," said the actor. "Mickey 17" hits the screens in South Korea against the backdrop of a political crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol's announcement to typically shift to simple laws in the ensuing hours of December, which was able to overcome due to the strength of the people, according to the words of the director.
