Robert Pattinson Worried He'd Have 'Mental Breakdown' in Dance Scene with Jennifer Lawrence: 'I Was Sweating So Much'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson dancing inDie, My Love(2025).Photo:Sikelia Productions

Sikelia Productions

Robert Pattinsonis admitting to feeling some degree of stress when it came to dancing in his upcoming movie withJennifer Lawrence.

While Pattinson, 38, and hisMickey 17directorBong Joon Hotook part in a video interview withGQpublished Monday, March 3, to discuss their new science-fiction film, the actor expressed some level of dismay for having to dance for the cameras while acting.

“It seems to be in almost every movie, there’s some moment where they’re like, ‘Here’sthe dancing scene.’ Except forMickey,” Pattinson said, after Bong asked if he ever danced and sang for a role. “The amount of times and my equivalent of Mickey’s life where you’re just a living hell every day.”

“And it came to the day and I was sweating so much — the insides of my trousers were wet [with sweat],” he added with a laugh. “That’s a little exaggeration.”

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Robert Pattinson at theMickey 17premiere during the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 15, 2025; Jennifer Lawrence at the Governors Awards in Hollywood, California, on Nov. 17, 2024.Gisela Schober/Getty;Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

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After Bong, 55, and Pattinson joked that he certainly didn’t dance in 2022’sThe Batman, the actor said, “Almost every movie, and everyone is like — especially if there’s a writer/director and they’ve just written, ‘Yeah, then they dance.’ And it just seems totally normal if you’re a person who dances.”

“I did this movie with Lynne Ramsay and she’s a really good dancer, and Jennifer Lawrence, really good dancer,” he continued, referencing their upcoming filmDie, 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’m going to have a mental breakdown when this happens. We need to either choreograph it or cut it,’ and they’re like ‘Just dance, stop being a freak.’ "

That movie is one among a number of projects Pattinson has in the works, including the long-awaited sequel toThe Batman, a movie titledThe Dramathat costars Pattinson withZendaya, as well as a role inChristopher Nolan’s currently in-production epicThe Odyssey.

Mickey 17, meanwhile, stars Pattinson as “unlikely hero” Mickey Barnes who, according to a synopsis, “has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job … to die, for a living.”

Mickey 17is in theaters Friday, March 7.

source: people.com