This Friday, HDNet's INSIDE MMA will air the first of a two-part interview with Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for Best Actor, Mickey Rourke. Resurgent star of 'The Wrestler' sits down with INSIDE MMA's Bas Rutten for a two-part interview on HDNet - Friday, February 13 and Friday, February 20...More?
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Showing posts with label Mickey Rourke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mickey Rourke. Show all posts
February 12, 2009
Mickey Rourke to Appear on HDNet's INSIDE MMA
February 9, 2009
Another Award for Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke won a BAFTA award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for Leading Actor in "The Wrestler." Rourke's biggest nomination is coming up on Sunday, February 22 at the 81st Annual Academy Awards for "Best Actor in a Leading Role."
February 3, 2009
Mickey Rourke Wins Another Award & Clarifies his WM Status
This past Saturday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, actor Mickey Rourke was awarded the festival's the American Riviera award. As part of the Festival, Rourke took part in a discussion about his career and when the subject of WrestleMania 25 came up, he noted that he wanted to do the match but changed his mind after, "my people suggested it might not be a wise career move."
source: impactwrestling.com
January 31, 2009
Mickey, Don't Do it!
From Mark Madden's column on wrestlezone.com:
Here's my advice to anyone involved with "The Wrestler," especially Mickey Rourke. If you want to be at WrestleMania, buy a ticket and sit out of camera range...More?
January 29, 2009
Vince Issues Statement Claiming Mickey Rourke will be at WMXXV
WWE honcho Vince McMahon tells E! News that Rourke will still be in Houston, even if he's not in a leotard: "I am pleased that Mickey Rourke will be in attendance at WrestleMania to support the WWE Superstars who support him and the film in which he stars, The Wrestler."
January 28, 2009
Mickey Rourke won't rumble with WWE superstar
A spokeswoman for actor Mickey Rourke says he won't be taking his role as a professional wrestler into a real-life ring after all. Paula Woods told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that Rourke will not wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in April at Houston's Reliant Stadium.
Woods wrote in an e-mail that the Oscar-nominated actor "will not be participating in Wrestlemania. He is focusing entirely on his acting career." Rourke portrays professional wrestler Randy the Ram in the acclaimed movie "The Wrestler." He made a surprise announcement about the wrestling event Sunday night on the red carpet before the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Rourke had said he was going to toss Jericho "around the ring like tossed salad."
source: associated press
January 27, 2009
Chris Jericho Appears on Larry King to Confront Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke was a guest on Larry King Live on CNN, and interestingly, Chris Jericho appeared on the show live via satellite and furthered what looks to be an ongoing storyline between the two performers. Jericho criticized Rourke for the comments he made on the red carpet of the SAG awards by saying "I think Mickey kinda talked a little out of line...there's a lot of a difference in playing a wrestler in a movie and actually being one in real life, and I think Mickey was given some bad advice in saying my name on the red carpet, and if you get your wish Mr. Rourke you will learn things you never learned in playing a wrestler in a movie."...More?
source: wrestlezone.com
January 25, 2009
Mickey Rourke to Participate in WMXXV
On the red carpet at the 15th Annual SAG Awards on Sunday night in Hollywood, the actor revealed he’s about to get in the ring in real life. Rourke will be participating in WWE’s “Wrestlemania 25” in Houston on April 5.
“The boys from the WWE called me and asked me to do it,” Rourke told Access Hollywood. “I said, ‘I want to.’ I’m talking with [WWE legend] Rowdy Roddy Piper about it.”
In fact, Rourke, whose role in “The Wrestler” earned him a SAG nomination for Best Actor (as well as an Academy Award nomination and a win at the Golden Globes earlier this month), said the professional wrestling industry has been extremely supportive of his portrayal of the sport.
“The nicest thing has been the whole wrestling community embracing us,” Rourke said on the red carpet. “The movie was about their world.”
And when he does jump into the ring with WWE, it appears the actor may already have his sights set on an opponent.
“Chris Jericho, you better get in shape,” Rourke added. “Because I’m coming after your a**.”
source: accesshollywood.com
January 15, 2009
Rourke's 'The Wrestler' has North Jersey roots
Credit a group of real-life, small-time wrestlers at a Parsippany gym with helping Mickey Rourke get off the canvas of a nearly wrecked career to win a Golden Globe this week as best actor for his performance in "The Wrestler."
The movie takes place in the seamy underworld of small-time professional wrestling, where life is depicted as a series of Saturday night smack downs that regularly send dreams crashing to the canvas.
Critics have praised the film, which opens Friday in North Jersey, as both a realistic portrayal and a real-life comeback for its leading man, the often-troubled Rourke. The actor delivers a heart-breaking performance that is generating serious Oscar buzz. East Coast Professional Wrestling provided many of the wrestlers Rourke grapples with in the film....More?
source: northjersey.com
Roddy Piper Surprises Mickey Rourke on Jimmy Kimmel
Roddy Piper was introduced as a surprise guest during Mickey Rourke's interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday. Piper praised The Wrestler and said he cried while attending the premier because the movie hit home. Piper has become a semi-regular on the show since he did the bit with Cousin Sal. They also showed footage of Piper applying the sleeper hold to one of Kimmel's friends.
The subject of steroids came up again during Rourke's interview and he didn't deny taking them for his role as Randy "The Ram" Robinson. He also told a story about director Darren Aronofsky telling him that he would be required to cut himself while filming. He said Aronofsky backed down once they got to that scene, but Rourke took it as a challenge and insisted upon "gigging."
source: prowrestling.net
January 12, 2009
'The Wrestler' wins two Golden Globes
Best Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke
Original Song: "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen)
Complete List of Winners
January 8, 2009
January 7, 2009
Mickey Rourke working with Randy Couture and Sylvester Stallone
Following the overwhelming success of his new movie project "The Wrestler", actor Mickey Rourke signed on for a role in Sylvester Stallone's new film "The Expendables". The film will also feature former UFC Heavyweight champion Randy Couture.
source: pwinsider.com
December 22, 2008
Mickey Rourke and the fanny pack
Darren Aronofsky recounted a story about getting Mickey Rourke to wear a fanny pack like the wrestlers from the 80's and 90's:
"Getting Mickey Rourke to wear the (expletive) fanny pack was a bitch. 'Mickey, you've got to wear the fanny pack. They all wear fanny packs. You've got to wear the fanny pack.' Can you picture Mickey Rourke, who is Mr. Cool and Mr. Macho putting on a fanny pack? It's like, 'Mickey, every wrestler we've met has a fanny pack. You've got to wear the fanny pack.' I got him for one shot to do it. That's a shot that's in the movie."...More?
source: slashfilm.com
December 18, 2008
Another Nomination for "The Wrestler"; Oscar buzz?
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced their 2008 nominees this morning and, again, Mickey Rourke was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in "The Wrestler." Industry trade publications have been generating buzz that Rourke, long a punch line in Hollywood circles, has totally redeemed his career with this role and film and an Academy Award nomination seems a certainty.
source: wrestlezone.com
December 11, 2008
Mickey Rourke Nominated for Best Dramatic Actor
Golden Globe nominees were announced this morning:
Nominees for dramatic actor were Leonardo DiCaprio, “Revolutionary Road”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Brad Pitt, “Benjamin Button”; Sean Penn, “Milk”; and Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”
Supporting actress: Amy Adams ("Doubt"), Penelope Cruz "Vicky Christina Barcelona", Viola Davis "Doubt", Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler" and Kate Winslet "The Reader".
Original song: "Down to Earth" from "Wall-E," "Gran Torino" from "Gran Torino," "I Thought I'd Lost You" from "Bolt," "Once in a Lifetime" from "Cadillac Records" and "The Wrestler" from "The Wrestler."
The rest of the nominees can be viewed here.
source: associated press
December 8, 2008
Mickey Rourke picks up an award for 'The Wrestler'
Mickey Rourke took home the belt for Best Actor from The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) for his gritty, raw portrayal of a washed up professional wrestler who can’t give up the spotlight in Fox Searchlight’s The Wrestler.
source: wafca.com
November 20, 2008
Trailer Preview: 'The Wrestler'
Variety.com has posted an exclusive trailer up for Fox Searchlight and Darren Aronofsky's wrestling themed drama, "The Wrestler," starring Mickey Rourke.
A must-see for any wrestling fan.
Mickey Rourke speaks on Bruce Springsteen and 'The Wrestler'
Bruce Springsteen's title song to forthcoming film The Wrestler was written after actor Mickey Rourke wrote the singer a personal letter.
The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky, stars Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a faded professional wrestler attempting a comeback.
Speaking to Uncut, Rourke explains how he persuaded Springsteen to write the song, saying: "I wrote Bruce a letter, because we’ve known each other over twenty years, and he knows what I used to be, or whatever. Where I went. What I’d been reduced to. I told him how I felt lucky now and didn’t have to end up being this guy, being Randy.
"A while later I got a call in the middle of the night: he said he’d written a little song, for nothing. It’s fucking beautiful, right? I was honoured he took the time, because he’s a busy cat. I mean, I’m so goddam proud of this magical movie and to have Bruce’s input… ain’t nobody in Hollywood with all their millions can just ring the man and he’ll do a song, y’know?"...More?
source: uncut.co.uk
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