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Friday, March 03, 2006

The Man Who Would Be King

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80s: THE HEYDAY
"Diner"/"Rumble Fish"/"The Pope Of Greenwich Village"/"Angel Heart"/"Barfly"
From mysterious and philosophical outlaw biker hero Motorcycle Boy to jazz-lowlife loser private eye Harry Angel, Rourke was according to almost everybody in the bussines, the new Brando.
Simply Sublime.

EARLY 90s: HOW TO FUCK UP A BRILLIANT CAREER
Gave up acting in order to become a professional boxer. Not exactly Jake La Motta, still he could manage to beat the shit out of Carre Otis. Deep in drugs and alcohol, played in shitty movies and was hanging out with the likes of Tupac Shakur and premium mobster John Gotti.
Oh, and the Hell's Angels.
Roles he turned down include the roles of Elliot Ness in the "Untouchables", Jack Crawford in "The Silence of the Lambs", Tom Cruise's role in "Rain Man", a part in "Platoon" and -jesusfuckinchrist- the role of Butch Coolidge in "Pulp Fiction". Boxer Butch Coolidge became the landmark of Bruce Willis' carrer and Rourke lost the chance to resurrect his career alongside John Travolta.
This is what happens when you star in movies like "The Wild Orchid". Way to go, Mickey...

LATE 90s: BACK IN TRACK
In 1995 Rourke retired from boxing and returned to acting, playing brief roles in movies such as Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo '66" and Steve Buscemi's "Animal Factory".

00s: THE COMEBACK
Gradually working hiw way back to full-time acting, Mickey Rourke is a Hollywood star again, in the year 2005. His fantastic and memorable performance as Marv in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's "Sin City", was gloriously praised by movie fans and critics worldwide. Smaller parts in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" and in Tony Scott's "Domino" proved that the boxing days are over for Mickey.
He is back in bussines.

THE FUTURE
Up next for Rourke is the role of The Blackbird in Quentin Tarantino's "Killshot", a part in John McNaughton's "The Night Job" alongside Ray Liotta as well as the return of Marv in "Sin City 2".
Also, Mickey is in Tarantino's cast for "Grind House" and "Inglorious Bastards", plus Guy Richie is said to be writing a film about him.
Not bad at all.

Its really good to have him back.
He COULD have been the new Brando you know...

3 Comments:

Blogger Junky Nurse said...

oh he is the coolest

12:51 AM  
Blogger ilias n. said...

and you forgot Akerlund's "Spun"

10:44 AM  
Blogger SputnikMonroe said...

fuck me yes i forgot The Cook indeed...

7:55 PM  

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