Robert Pattinson has revealed he based the accent for the title character in his new sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 on Steve Buscemi’s character in the Coen Brothers’ 1996 crime drama Fargo.
Mark Ruffalo features as former congressman Kenneth Marshall, with his tan, veneers and vulnerability to exploitation by the religious right – yes, he’s obviously Trump, but Ruffalo lends him enough peculiarities that he works both as a satire and a diabolical creation in his own right.
Speaking at the Berlin Film Festival, Pattinson said he’d only recently come to recognize where he drew inspiration from for one of the character’s distinctive accent.
“It’s essentially Bong’s take on Alien (1979) – a comedy about how Weyland-Yutani treats people as fodder, only the xenomorph is far friendlier and interested in community solidarity.
The actor said director Bong Joon Ho had referenced ‘Fargo’ as an inspiration.
