Bong’s Mickey 17, adapted from Ashton Edward’s 2022 science-fiction novel Mickey7, is based on a terrific premise: It’s 2054 and hapless Earthling Mickey Barnes, played by Robert Pattinson, is so desperate to escape the repercussions of a bad debt that he signs on to be part of a group of eager citizens headed to a new and ostensibly better planet known as Niflheim.

Robert Pattinson plays multiples in Mickey 17, but the main character and Mickey 18 are very different from each other. Here's the reason why.

Hours after the new film Mickey 17 hit theaters, Robert Pattinson fans were already on social media with a bold demand for their boy: an Oscar for his performance. The film is the latest project from South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho,