Berlin Goes Bananas for Robert Pattinson and His Clones in Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’

variety.com:

Berlin Film Festival got a double dose of Robert Pattinson with the premiere of Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” on Saturday night.

And the actor — who plays an explorer and his clone in this trippy sci-fi adventure — managed to at least double the cheering inside the theater after the film’s credits rolled. “Mickey 17” received one of the most enthusiastic receptions at the festival so far.

The crowd at the Berlinale Palast Theater showered Bong’s latest parable with a standing ovation that only lasted for one minute but would have gone on longer if not for an interruption.

Berlin’s new chief Tricia Tuttle stopped the cheering to bring Bong onstage for a brief Q&A. “I was so fascinated by the concept of human printing,” Bong said to the audience, expressing relief that they stayed through the end of the 137-minute film. “Mickey 17,” which will open in theaters on March 7 from Warner Bros., is set in a dystopian universe where an aimless Mickey flees Earth on a spaceship by agreeing to become “an expandable,” donating his body to the mission.