Mickey Rourke Steps Into The Ring

Mickey Rourke, who earned an Oscar nomination for his work in The Wrestler, stepped into the ring again on Sunday, this time to fight professional wrestler Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25. Rourke addressed talk several weeks ago that he may get involved at "WrestleMania" in a wrestling role instead of a support role.

"My agents said it would be detrimental to my career" to take the focus off of acting after making a comeback in "The Wrestler," he told reporters. "I’m doing ’ Iron Man 2’ now, and the insurance company said under no circumstances could I get into the ring," he added.

Well, he got into the ring anyway. The actor has been involved in a public war of words with Jericho since January, when he announced his plans to spar with him at the WWE’s Wrestlemania 25 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

The crowd was clearly entertained, giving Rourke a standing ovation as he exited the ring after knocking out Jericho. Go, Mickey!

What Men Really Think: Why The Oscars Suck

The Oscars is uptight, rigid and stuffy. No one has any fun, they put too much emphasis on useless entertainment segments instead of letting the people that win these awards, open up and enjoy the moment.

Now... if you want to know what a real award ceremony should be like... Check out Mickey Rourke's SIX MINUTE acceptance speech at the Spirit Awards. This took place Saturday night. One night before the Oscars. All the same stars were there, but it was a REAL and exhuberant night where everyone was glad to be there. If the Oscars want to be a great venue again... rethink the music segments and montages. Give the night back to the actors.

NOW before you watch this video. Fair Warning. Mickey drops the F word and makes a number of off-color remarks. It is NOT safe for young children to watch.

Micky Rourke May Be The Most Honest Man In Hollywood

I have to admit, Mickey Rourke may be a recovering alcoholic and ex-druggie among other things, but of all thing's he's honest. His story of falling from grace and back again is the latest media feel good story but there is a reason for it. He's real.

In a Time Magazine article this week he went against celebrity and star status type and put himself out there with answers to questions that made the man... Real.

He spoke of when he treated acting as a means to pay the bills:

"When you got bills to pay, you've gotta take a part that I would call a piece of crap. Then you just don't like yourself. That was when I really started to self-destruct. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man--that started it."

This guy doesn't deserve just an Oscar, he deserves a big fat A for being human.

Sam Rockwell on Justin Hammer for Iron Man 2

Last week we broke news on Sam Rockwell portraying Iron Man's adversary Justin Hammer along with other Iron Man 2 news involving Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury. We have more to report on Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer and Mickey Rourke.


Sam Rockwell gave a brief interview at Sundance (see below) where he shares that he knows as little about Justin Hammer as many Iron Man enthusiasts. Will Sam play him as an older character, or simply polished and refined where Stark is a brazen playboy? In addition we reported that Mikey Rourke may play The Crimson Dynamo. That may not be the case. He may play Whiplash. Stay tuned...

Mickey Rourke's steroid hint

Mickey Rourke has hinted he took steroids for his role in 'The Wrestler'.

The actor has revealed he piled on the pounds for his role as Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the acclaimed movie - which earned him a Golden Globe award on Sunday (11.01.09) - by eating up to seven meals a day and training hard with an Israeli cage fighter.

When you used to be a somebody and you aren't anybody anymore, you live in what my doctor calls a state of shame
But Rourke, 56, has suggested he had additional help creating his hulking physique with banned body-building substances.


When asked if he used steroids to bulk up, Rourke told Men's Journal magazine: "When I'm a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler."

The twice-divorced actor recently admitted he could empathise with his character's struggles because of his own turbulent life.

Rourke - who spent 15 years in the Hollywood wilderness - said: "Randy has been in the twilight of his career for several years. He thinks he has one more game in him - one more shot. He wants to come back again.

"I know what that feels like. Randy was somebody 20 years ago and so was Mickey Rourke. When you used to be a somebody and you aren't anybody anymore, you live in what my doctor calls a state of shame. Hollywood is a very unforgiving place, but I took a nosedive all by myself, no one pushed me."

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Mickey Rourke Thanks His Dogs & Gets the Bird.

OK, before you think Mickey Rourke is cracked up, consider his most excellent thank you speech. You see, Mickey won the Golden Globe for best actor in The Wrestler, a low budget indy film that has been received by critics over the past few months as the best film of the year. The character Mickey plays in the film is not far removed from the hardship Mickey himself has gone through. However if you know Mikey's past, he had it all. This guy really honestly had it all. With films like Angel Heart and 9 1/2 Weeks, he was stunning in the 80's. Then he nosed dived his career. At least he admits it was all his fault. His story could be a movie itself. He all but vanished.

Then with his performance just two years ago in Sin City, it was his comeback role. Now with TheWrestler, he is poised to be on top again (in discussions for super-villain role in Iron Man 2) But all that time in between... It made him human. You know, one of us. He grew to understand the value of a dollar and the value of friendship. In his case when all friends left him (and not all) he was left with what many of us turn to for solace--his pets. So in a heartfelt thank you speech at the Globes, Mickey thanked among others, his dogs. "Sometimes when you're alone, all you got is your dog and they meant the world to me."

And to prove he isn't really cracked, here is a video of him taking one of his dogs to red carpet event recently. He wasn't kidding at the Globe's he was real.



Further more Mickey gave a great speech. Here is thanking his Director Darren Aronofsky . Mickey calls Darren "a tough SB" to which Aronofsky answers by giving Mickey "the finger" with a laugh. Catch it on this video while it lasts.

Super Rumours on Iron Man 2

Last week we reported that Iron Man's director Jon Favreau (Think Swingers and director of Elf) was zoning in on Tim Robbins to replace Gerard Sanders as Howard Stark, Tony Stark's father. Don Cheadle has already been slotted to replace Terrence Howard as Rhodey whom as all graphic novel readers already know is destined to become the character War Machine.

Despite what is said to be a very tight lid on production and details, PCM has learned that Favreau is in discussions over primary villain roles with both Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke.



To keep things real Rockwell's character would be industrialist Justin Hammer (Hammer Industries), Stark's corporate nemesis, also sharing Tony Stark's lush lifestyle as a fellow billionaire extraordinaire opposing Stark on the business end. Remember, someone had to fill the vacuum as a weapons supplier when Stark got out of the weapons business. Justin Hammer is diametrical to Tony Stark, a methodical and refined gentlemen to Stark's free wheeling Playboy. I somehow don't see Rockwell playing Hammer as a recluse in a smoking jacket; Hammer is sure to undergo a character change for the film. The addition of a mastermind will surely keep the intelligence level of Iron Man Two up to par with the quality story we received in the first Iron Man installment.

Micky Rourke would pick up the cherry role of Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo. Now which of the many (5) incarnates of Crimson Dynamo Mickey would portray is a mystery. Most likely it would be the Anton Vanko version (the first). As for super villian powers, he controls electricity and can fly.

Principal production on Iron Man Two is set to start spring of 2009 as Iron Man Two's theater release date is May 7, 2010.