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    Bong Joon Ho on the Political Inspirations of ‘Mickey 17,’ Mark Ruffalo, and the Frailty of Silly Leaders

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    Whereas watching “Mickey 17,” it’s inconceivable to not make connections to present occasions. Mark Ruffalo’s Kenneth Marshall character, a flamboyant and flailing politician main the sci-fi movie’s area expedition towards colonizing an ice planet, has distinctly Trumpian qualities in the best way his skinny pores and skin manifests itself.

    Audiences can even naturally draw a direct connection to the billionaire area exploration of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, with the movie’s central conceit that companies are ready to look to life past Earth as its surroundings deteriorates. Whereas a visitor on an upcoming episode of IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, author/director Bong Joon Ho admitted by way of translator that present occasions did seep their approach into “Mickey 17,” simply not in the best way some are pondering.

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    “I feel in all probability the pandemic was flowing into this adaptation course of,” stated Bong, who tailored the screenplay from Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel “Mickey7.” “I wrote the script in 2021. We have been in the midst of the pandemic nonetheless, so within the movie we additionally see Mickey turn out to be the lab rat for all of the vaccine assessments.”

    Within the movie, Mickey (Robert Pattinson) indicators as much as be “an expendable,” prepared to die and be reprinted (his recollections saved on an infinite exhausting drive) and turn out to be a scientist’s vessel to check how you can survive their new planet, Niflheim. Mickey’s repeated cycle of lab testing, then painful dying, then human reprinting, turn out to be the movie’s central visible metaphor of dehumanization on this world of exploration fueled by the unholy alliance of faith, companies, and sure, politics.

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    Bong stated, “I might be mendacity if I say that we weren’t pondering of the political context and the political environment when creating this.” The director informed IndieWire that, in growing the character, he confirmed Ruffalo movies and pictures of a “explicit Korean politician,” whereas the actor confirmed him pictures of an “American governor from again within the day … We weren’t actually specializing in severe, heavy dictators. We have been truly simply specializing in ridiculous clownish politicians and the ridiculous issues that they do.”

    Marshall’s deep-seated insecurity drives infantile habits and the necessity for approval within the type of subservient bootlicking, which turns into, in Bong’s movie, over-the-top satire. However by way of the lens of director Bong’s twisted humorousness, that buffoonery comes from someplace darkish.

    “We’ve heard of tales of Hitler when he was in Vienna, getting offended by sure issues, and that culminating into different issues — to not justify the horrible issues that politicians do, however once you undergo a number of trauma, otherwise you really feel this inferiority complicated in opposition to one thing, and also you channel it in that improper path, you find yourself changing into a horrible particular person and political chief,” stated Bong. “And if you consider Marshall, we don’t actually know his historical past, however we will inform that he has a really low sense of self-worth.”

    MICKEY 17, from left: Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, 2025. © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Whereas these traits are widespread amongst lots of our most ridiculous and harmful politicians — and due to this fact recognizable — Bong sees Marshall as distinctive. What appealed to his humorousness was the best way they manifested themselves in his dynamic along with his spouse, Gwen (Toni Collette). The duo serves as each the movie’s villains and comedic foils.

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    “He all the time depends on his spouse, and it appears like Toni Collette’s character is nearly manipulating Marshall, and she or he’s the one who has management over him,” stated Bong. “So it is a distinctive dictator character that we’re seeing.”

    On the floor, Ruffalo looks like an uncommon selection for the character, one thing the actor himself professed to the director after studying the script. The Oscar-nominated actor just isn’t recognized for comedy nor taking part in a villain, and but director Bong, a fan of “Zodiac” and “Foxcatcher,” wrote the position with him in thoughts.

    “For me, it wasn’t necessary whether or not or not Mark had finished a villain position earlier than he was truly the right actor to painting Marshall,” stated Bong. “I all the time thought he was such an awesome nuanced actor. However there’s this very weak and frail facet to him. You may inform that this man in all probability will get harm simply.”

    To hearken to Bong Joon Ho’s March 7 interview about “Mickey 17,” subscribe to the Toolkit podcast on Apple, Spotify, or your favourite podcast platform.



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