Robert Pattinson Pining for a Career in Asia After Mickey 17: ‘Korea Could Become a Second Home’

Robert Pattinson has a burning desire to make it large successful East Asia, starting pinch his highly anticipated 2025 sci-fi escapade film, Mickey 17. 

Now, nan restless character says he’s unfastened to quitting Hollywood and mounting up location location pinch partner Suki Waterhouse and their caller babe girl, a root exclusively reveals to Life & Style.

“Rob went into Mickey 17 pinch a very affirmative cognition astir nan thought of moving pinch a Korean head and a mostly Korean unit to trade a movie that could beryllium arsenic large a deed successful nan Far East arsenic it is successful nan U.S.,” nan root says of nan Good Time actor, 38. 

The film, which is based connected nan deed caller Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton, is simply a associated American-Korean production, pinch backing coming from nan U.S. and behind-the-screen talent mostly originated from Korea, including Bong Joon-ho, who is writing, directing and coproducing. 

“It’s been a existent thrust for Rob and he’s had awesome support from Brad Pitt and nan different Western producers involved,” nan insider continues, “but nan prize for Rob and his squad is simply a existent footprint successful nan red-hot Korean media marketplace.” 

A bully chunk of Hollywood seems to person nan aforesaid ambitions arsenic nan Twilight star. The Korean movie manufacture has exploded recently, particularly pinch nan astounding occurrence of Parasite, which became nan first ever foreign-language movie to triumph an Oscar for Best Picture. Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Netflix person each group up Korea-based studios to break into nan market.

“Warner Bros. has committed to putting a batch of money and power down making Rob into a bona fide prima successful South Korea and giving him a guidelines location from which he tin equine much projects,” nan insider says. “The Plan B-produced Mickey 17 is completed and fresh to beryllium released successful January 2025.”

“It’s thing you’re seeing a batch lately pinch nan U.S. movie business successful thing of a decline,” nan root explains. “The biggest stars, Rob included, are looking astatine territories wherever they’ll person an easier clip getting worldly made.”

Rob welcomed a babe woman pinch woman Suki, 32, successful March. The Batman prima has decidedly been engaged nan caller summation to his family, telling a chap Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show attendee that he couldn’t enactment agelong successful Paris and “had to get backmost for nan baby.” Either he’s going to person to suffer immoderate separation worry successful bid to make it large successful Asia aliases perchance moreover relocate, nan root reveals.

“Rob has landed connected Korea arsenic a spot that could go a 2nd location for him, Suki and their caller family.”

The insider continues: “The large trial is going to travel adjacent January, when Rob really goes to Korea to beforehand nan movie and drum up interest. He has fans successful Asia, but this is nan first Asian-generated task he’s ever done.” 

“The workplace is promising him he’ll get a hero’s invited successful Seoul, and Rob is keeping his fingers crossed that he tin break done location nan measurement he has successful nan U.S. and Europe,” nan root says.

Despite having his oculus connected nan Korean market, Rob still has immoderate projects successful nan useful backmost successful Hollywood.

“Rob is besides processing a scary remake of Possesion for Paramount,” says nan insider. “His adjacent movie domiciled is still expected to beryllium The Batman: Part II.”