Pattinson plays Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 in most of the story. At CinemaCon, Pattinson said he gave the men different characteristics. Mickey 17 is beaten down by life, but happy to be part of the time, while Mickey 18 is like “an evil brother” who “is out of control.”

Robert Pattinson plays the space colonist named Mickey Barnes, who is so eager to escape Earth that he signs up to be an "expendable" without reading the fine print. Expendables are basically disposable employees (aka "second-hand baloney boys").

Since rising to fame as a teen heartthrob in the 2000s, Robert Pattinson has packed his résumé with a whole load of eccentric acting performances. And if there’s one thing we’ve come to expect from an R.