Mickey Rourke

Immortals

Brutal but shaky retelling of the Greek myths

14 Nov 2011

Tarsem Singh is the latest in a long line of movie directors with roots in the music video genre. He has an eye for the arresting, eye-catching image – something fellow music vid-turned-feature directors David Fincher and Spike Jonze saw in him, leading…

Mickey Rourke's bed boast

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5 Mar 2010

Mickey Rourke once had sex with 14 women in a night. The 57-year-old actor claims he managed to entice multiple women into his bed during a marathon evening out in London. Mickey - who referred to the cheating antics of Cheryl Cole's husband…

Mickey Rourke's heavenly love

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22 Jan 2010

Mickey Rourke's new girlfriend is "a gift from heaven". The 57-year-old actor - who was nominated but failed to win Best Actor for his performance in 'The Wrestler' at last year's Academy Awards - is besotted with Russian model Anastassija Makarenko…

Mickey Rourke to marry

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8 Dec 2009

Mickey Rourke has got engaged. The former hellraiser, 57, reportedly proposed to 24-year-old Russian model Elena Kuletskaya last week and the smitten couple plan to marry next year in her home country. A source said: "They haven't booked a venue…

Mickey Rourke saved by priest

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7 Oct 2009

Mickey Rourke says a priest saved his life. The 'Wrestler' star, who has battled alcohol and drug abuse, was on the verge of committing suicide when he turned to the Catholic Church for help. He reveals in PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk's new…

'Ice Man' Mickey Rourke

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23 Sep 2009

Mickey Rourke has signed up to star in 'The Ice Man'. The Hollywood actor will play real-life hitman Richard 'Iceman' Kuklinski in the movie and believes it will be his defining role, like boxing movie 'Raging Bull' was for Robert De Niro. De Niro…

Mickey Rourke too dumb for success

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21 Feb 2009

Mickey Rourke "wasn't educated enough" to maintain success. The actor - who is hotly-tipped to win the Best Actor Oscar tomorrow night (22.02.09) for his role in 'The Wrestler'- claims he lost out on several leading movie roles because he had no idea…

Mickey Rourke regrets surgery

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20 Feb 2009

Mickey Rourke admits he went to the "wrong guy" for plastic surgery. The 'Wrestler actor - who started boxing professionally in 1991 after his Hollywood career collapsed - claims most of the facial cosmetic procedures he underwent were to correct…

Mickey Rourke crashes Paris bash

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18 Feb 2009

Mickey Rourke gatecrashed Paris Hilton's birthday party. The hotel heiress was celebrating turning 28 with a lavish bash at New York nightclub Butter on Monday (16.02.09) when Mickey turned up uninvited. The 56-year-old actor arrived at the venue…

Mickey Rourke snubbed by Abi

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10 Feb 2009

Mickey Rourke was romantically spurned by British glamour model Abi Titmus. The 'Wrestler' star - who won the Best Actor award at the BAFTAs on Sunday (08.02.09) - invited the busty blonde to join him at the luxurious Grosvenor House Hotel in…

Virgin performer Mickey Rourke

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15 Jan 2009

Mickey Rourke performed "like a virgin on a first date with a porn star" during rehearsals for 'The Wrestler'. Director Darren Aronofsky struggled to get the 52-year-old star to give his all when he and co-star Evan Rachel Wood practiced their…

Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler

8 Jan 2009

I’ve had a poster of Mickey Rourke on my wall for over 20 years now. A black and white blow-up from Alan Parker’s Angel Heart, it pictures Rourke as private detective Harry Angel, freshly demobbed after WWII, his hair back-combed into an untidy quiff…

The Wrestler

8 Jan 2009

DRAMA/SPORT ‘What happened, did the price of tights go up?’ a sneering store-manager taunts Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson (Mickey Rourke) when the impoverished wrestling star comes looking for work. Fighting a losing battle with his own finances, Randy…