Robert Pattinson Admits He Got So 'Frightened' by a Horror Movie He Slept with '2 Kitchen Knives' All Night

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert Pattinson at the premiere ofMickey 17in London on Feb. 13, 2025.Photo:Neil Mockford/FilmMagic

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Robert Pattinson’s tolerance for horror isn’t what it used to be!In a conversation with hisMickey 17directorBong Joon HoforGQpublished Monday, March 3, the 38-year-old actor admitted that while he “used to watch a lot of really dark stuff” when he “was younger and just think, like, ‘Yeah, this is cool,’ " things have changed.“Now, I’m too sensitive,” he said. “It’s strange — you would think it would go the other way around: As you get older, you become less frightened of these. [But] I can’t watch horror movies anymore.“When Bong, 55, mentioned it might be becausehe’s a dad now, Pattinson admitted it “happened before that, though,” before the two laughed. “But maybe that has added to it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.The actor told Bong that he did get “frightened” recently after watching a specific horror movie before meeting with its director for something else.“He’d done this horror movie and I watched it, and I kept thinking that someone was breaking into my house,” Pattinson recalled, not naming the director. “And so I was sitting on my sofa with two kitchen knives, waiting for the person to come in.“He continued, “And then I fell asleep with them basically in my neck on the couch. My girlfriend [Suki Waterhouse] came in and she was like, ‘What is happening?! Why do you have two knives in your face and you’re sleeping?!’ ““It was probably a squirrel,” Pattinson added of the noise he heard.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Robert Pattinson and Bong Joon Ho at a press conference forMickey 17in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 20, 2025.Chung Sung-Jun/GettyAnother thing that makes the actor nervous? Dance scenes.As he explained to Bong, he “was sweating so much” when the day came for him to film a dance sequence forDie, My Love, his upcoming movie withJennifer Lawrence.“I did this movie with Lynne Ramsay and she’s a really good dancer, and Jennifer Lawrence, really good dancer,” he continued, referencingDie, My Love. “And they just find it so easy, and they’re like ‘Just dance, it’s just music playing, just dance.’ “Added Pattinson, “And I’m like ‘I’m telling you, I’mgoing to have a mental breakdownwhen this happens. We need to either choreograph it or cut it,’ and they’re like ‘Just dance, stop being a freak.’ “Mickey 17is in theaters Friday, March 7.

Robert Pattinson’s tolerance for horror isn’t what it used to be!

In a conversation with hisMickey 17directorBong Joon HoforGQpublished Monday, March 3, the 38-year-old actor admitted that while he “used to watch a lot of really dark stuff” when he “was younger and just think, like, ‘Yeah, this is cool,’ " things have changed.

“Now, I’m too sensitive,” he said. “It’s strange — you would think it would go the other way around: As you get older, you become less frightened of these. [But] I can’t watch horror movies anymore.”

When Bong, 55, mentioned it might be becausehe’s a dad now, Pattinson admitted it “happened before that, though,” before the two laughed. “But maybe that has added to it.”

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The actor told Bong that he did get “frightened” recently after watching a specific horror movie before meeting with its director for something else.

“He’d done this horror movie and I watched it, and I kept thinking that someone was breaking into my house,” Pattinson recalled, not naming the director. “And so I was sitting on my sofa with two kitchen knives, waiting for the person to come in.”

He continued, “And then I fell asleep with them basically in my neck on the couch. My girlfriend [Suki Waterhouse] came in and she was like, ‘What is happening?! Why do you have two knives in your face and you’re sleeping?!’ "

“It was probably a squirrel,” Pattinson added of the noise he heard.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Robert Pattinson and Bong Joon Ho at a press conference forMickey 17in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 20, 2025.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty

Another thing that makes the actor nervous? Dance scenes.

As he explained to Bong, he “was sweating so much” when the day came for him to film a dance sequence forDie, My Love, his upcoming movie withJennifer Lawrence.

“I did this movie with Lynne Ramsay and she’s a really good dancer, and Jennifer Lawrence, really good dancer,” he continued, referencingDie, My Love. “And they just find it so easy, and they’re like ‘Just dance, it’s just music playing, just dance.’ "

Added Pattinson, “And I’m like ‘I’m telling you, I’mgoing to have a mental breakdownwhen this happens. We need to either choreograph it or cut it,’ and they’re like ‘Just dance, stop being a freak.’ "

Mickey 17is in theaters Friday, March 7.

source: people.com