The Beaten to a Pulp of Greenwich Village

[Simon_Cowbell]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090128/people-rourke/

April 5th... BTW that's also the title of a wonderful song by Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Elvis Costello

 

[Drip]

Rourke is used to getting his behind kicked like a mule. If I'm not mistaken, didn't he cut a finger off or something weird like that many moons ago?

 

[Ace]

So Rourke pissed off a star WWE wrestler and vows to wrestle the angry grappler for real at a big pay-per-view event?

Sounds almost too good to be true.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

(NSFW profanity, put on the headphones)

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Rourke might have just cost himself an Oscar. I think the Academy Awards voters might be turned off by this move.

 

[Editude]

Or that he might be dating Evan Rachel Wood.

 

[BYH]

Rourke might have just cost himself an Oscar. I think the Academy Awards voters might be turned off by this move.

Exactly what I thought.

That and this is exactly the type of behavior that knocked him out of Hollywood for the better part of two decades. He's never struck me as the type of guy who is going to learn from his mistakes.

See you in Marlboro Man II, Mickey.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

 

[BYH]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

Hey, I agree. But Jim Carrey could summon a performance better than anything Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart and Marlon Brando had ever put together combined and he still woudn't win the Oscar b/c he talked out of his ass once.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

If anybody counts on the Academy to do anything other than operate as a promotional instrument, like all other "awards" shows, they are kidding themselves.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

Hey, I agree. But Jim Carrey could summon a performance better than anything Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart and Marlon Brando had ever put together combined and he still woudn't win the Oscar b/c he talked out of his ass once.

Hey, Robin Williams played the failest Popeye of all time, and he won ... well, just the one. But it was a really sucky Popeye!

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

This guy needs an intervention, not a night at the Oscars.

 

[Drip]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

Hey, I agree. But Jim Carrey could summon a performance better than anything Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart and Marlon Brando had ever put together combined and he still woudn't win the Oscar b/c he talked out of his ass once.

Hey, Robin Williams played the failest Popeye of all time, and he won ... well, just the one. But it was a really sucky Popeye!

Robin Williams is a talent. Jim Carey can ONLY hope to be compared him. Williams can act in both a comic and a serious role. He can do stand up. Carey is good, Williams is better, IMO.

 

[hockeybeat]

According to Dave Meltzer, Rourke backed out.

A publicist for Mickey Rourke last night sent an e-mail out saying Rourke would not be participating in this year's Wrestlemania as was planned.

This could be simplya way to insure that his possible participation in the show, where he was scheduled to face Chris Jericho and have Ric Flair in his corner, would not hurt him in the Oscars voting. One person close to the situation was told yesterday that the match is off.

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/8222/

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

Hey, I agree. But Jim Carrey could summon a performance better than anything Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart and Marlon Brando had ever put together combined and he still woudn't win the Oscar b/c he talked out of his ass once.

Hey, Robin Williams played the failest Popeye of all time, and he won ... well, just the one. But it was a really sucky Popeye!

Robin Williams is a talent. Jim Carey can ONLY hope to be compared him. Williams can act in both a comic and a serious role. He can do stand up. Carey is good, Williams is better, IMO.

And Steve Martin is better than Williams.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

I was at a dinner party last weekend and every woman at the table remarked on how desirable Mickey Rourke once was.

Then, you have this.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

I was at a dinner party last weekend and every woman at the table remarked on how desirable Mickey Rourke once was.

Then, you have this.

http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/03/11/fashion_good_news_bad_news_men_get_old_too/mickey_rourke_110807_0001.jpg

That looks like the before shot of this:

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

What's weird is that Rourke's voice is as mutated as much as his face since 25 years ago.

 

[Pastor]

If people can do Regis and Kelly, they can do Wrestlemania. And if it's good enough for Liberace, Morton Downey Jr. and Pete Rose, then goddammit, it's good enough for Mickey Rourke.

If he loses the award over this, then it shows how completely out of touch the Academy is (not to be confused with the band). It's an award for how good the actor is in a movie, not whether you think he's a quality person by your standards. OMG THE GUY WHO ACTED LIKE A WRESTLER IN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A WRESTLER ON A WRESTLING SHOW WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Fail.

Hey, I agree. But Jim Carrey could summon a performance better than anything Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart and Marlon Brando had ever put together combined and he still woudn't win the Oscar b/c he talked out of his ass once.

Hey, Robin Williams played the failest Popeye of all time, and he won ... well, just the one. But it was a really sucky Popeye!

Robin Williams is a talent. Jim Carey can ONLY hope to be compared him. Williams can act in both a comic and a serious role. He can do stand up. Carey is good, Williams is better, IMO.

You can always tell whether Williams is serious or not based on his beard...

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

What's weird is that Rourke's voice is as mutated as much as his face since 25 years ago.

He probably has some brain damage. It is entirely possible.