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Winchinchala Usually, I love Charlie Rose's interviews because he has such a wide variety of people, he is forced to bend and relax and think every which way to lure questions from people. Come on. What other interviewer has on their CV: panel discussion on Monica Lewinsky; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the usually silent Bobby Deniro? I love to watch Charlie think, flaunt how well researched his questions are. But last night, my eyes were not on Charlie the interviewer. They transfixed on one humble, forthcoming, articulate and very attractive Mickey Rourke. All of us had wondered what had happened to the somewhat arrogant, very sexy star of: Diner; Nine 1/2 Weeks; Angel Heart; Barfly and Black Orchid. In the past years he seemed to have become an easy target for the press as a "has been." At last he had a chance to explain. He held back nothing. Mickey sat there looking every bit the bad boy in a big shiny new leather jacket and hip orange-tinted shades, but he was every bit the cool gentleman. His words, his confession of where he had been emotionally due to losing someone he loved a deeply, allowing a career to fade and ultimately himself lassoed all of me. It was a powerful, heartrending story of his own death in a way and how through sleeping on a couch, the love of Chihuahuas and the kindness of true friends such as Stallone, Sean Penn Springsteen. He was reborn. Mickey has a valuable message to everyone, though he did not describe it as such, he discussed facing the other monsters in the world, not drugs or alcohol, the other demons we all have in us. And he went on to describe the challenges he faced in staring down the opportunity to work at the top of his game again with Darren Aronofsky a no-nonsense director. Mickey's story of loss, struggle, rebirth, friendship, Chihuahuas and hope was inspiring. It brought tears to my eyes. Hip Hip Hooray for Mickey! Awesome interview. Awesome Man. (Thanks Charlie)
Show That Sucker
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Show That Sucker Last night's Mickey Rourke interview on Charlie Rose was really some kind of beautiful. I haven't felt quite so affected, softened and soothed by a one-on- one in a long time. The vast majority of Academy members have voted by now and there's probably no changing fate at this stage, but Fox Searchlight (or someone) has to get that interview captured, embedded and sent out to Hollywood Elsewhere and everyone else. It was good for the soul, good for the heart, good all around. Rose always zealously guards his interviews, it's always hard to find embed codes ...
Jeff Wells Falls for Mickey
Awards Daily —
... Last night’s Mickey Rourke interview on Charlie Rose was really some kind of beautiful. I haven’t felt quite so affected, softened and soothed by a one-on- one in a long time. The vast majority of Academy members have voted by now and there’s probably no changing fate at this stage, but Fox Searchlight (or someone) has to get that interview captured, embedded and sent out to Hollywood Elsewhere and everyone else. It was good for the soul, good for the heart, good all around. ...
