Mickey 17's Steven Yeun Spills on His Misconceptions About Working With Bong Joon Ho
61With humble comedy origins and a massive breakout success with his iconic role as Glenn Rhee on The Walking Dead, Steven Yeun finds himself cast in daring roles across a wide variety of genres and projects. From the Korean-produced Burning and his Academy Award-nominated turn in Minari to his scene-stealing, cowboy hat-wearing M.C. in Jordan Peele’s Nope, Yeun continues to find captivating projects to join. Now, he’s reuniting with the Academy Award-winning director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, in the upcoming Mickey 17.
The film follows Robert Pattinson’s “expendable” Mickey, a disposable clone worker in a human colony on a far-off ice planet. There, he performs arduous tasks without the expectation of living. Each time he dies, a new body regenerates, and Mickey continues with his next dangerous task. Soon, the natural order is disrupted when more than one Mickey appears and sets off an existential chain of events exposing the brutal government and social structure within the colony. Yeun plays Timo, a pilot, and Mickey’s best friend. The film co-stars Mark Ruffalo as the twisted leader Kenneth Marshall, Toni Collette (Hereditary) as his wife Ylfa, and Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) as Nasha.
Collider’s Steve Weintraub had the pleasure of sitting down with Yeun to talk about his experience on Mickey 17. In this interview, Yean discusses how immersive the practical sets were, the actor’s joy of playing with tone, and honoring director Bong’s vision for a beautiful, unique frame.
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