Robert Pattinson reveals how horror films leave him extremely scared now 

Robert Pattinson is no stranger to films with dark themes. The actor, known for his portrayal of a vampire in the Twilight series and for having donned the Batman costume as well, is known to have an array of genres in his filmography, most of which revolve around darker tones. However, according to recent revelations, there's one genre the actor stays away from.

Speaking to GQ, Pattinson opened up on his thoughts about horror films and said,

I used to watch a lot of dark stuff when I was younger and think "yeah, this is cool." And now, I’m too sensitive. It’s strange, you’d think it would go the other way round. As you get older, you become less frightened of these [films]. I can’t watch horror movies anymore.

He then added a recent incident where his fear got the better of him, as he explained his anxiety about expecting a home invasion,

I did get very frightened [recently]. I had to do a meeting with the director, and he’d done this horror movie, and I watched it, and I kept thinking that someone was breaking into my house. And so I was sitting on my sofa with two kitchen knives waiting for the person to come in. And then I fell asleep with them basically in my neck on the couch. It was probably a squirrel.

Robert Pattinson's latest project

Robert Pattinson teamed up with Bong Joon-Ho for the highly anticipated dark comedy Mickey 17, where he plays the role of an expendable working for an organization that can reboot humans after they experience death.

The science fiction film drew inspiration from Edward Ashton's novel Mickey 7 and featured Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo, along with Pattinson.

The plot revolves around Mickey escaping to the planet Nilfheim under financial strains, where he is a part of fatal tasks under Ruffalo's Kenneth Marshall. Things go haywire when Mickey's 17th version is mistakenly reported dead and ends up facing the 18th version of himself. As clones are forbidden in the colony, they both come up with a clever system to deceive the rule as they continue to live taking each other's places.

The film sees Robert Pattinson in a dual role, even though they are iterations of the same person. According to Joon-Ho, he improvised multiple lines on set as Mickey 18 as the director gushed about his performance.

The film debuted at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and was released in Korea on February 28. It's slated to hit theaters in the U.S. on 7th March 2025.