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“Its a little like Stimpy,” Pattinson toldEmpireof his Mickey 17 voice.

“When 18 comes in, its a little bit more like Ren.”

Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17

Remarkably, thatwasn’tPattinson’s first choice for his distinctive Mickey 17 voice.

Instead, that honor falls to a take on Jackass alumni Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville.

Unfortunately for the actor, director Bong Joon Ho gave a crushing verdict.

Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17

“I love Steve-Os voice.

We did it on the first read-through,” Pattinson said.

“And Bong was like, ‘That voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard.’

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I was like, ‘Is that a good thing?’

He was like, ‘No.'”

Mickey 17 is set to hit cinemas on January 31, 2025.

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