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Rourke rolls with punches, lands winning role in 'Wrestler'
Rourke rolls with punches, lands winning role in 'Wrestler'
His once-boyishly handsome mug has never been the same after he took a breather from his in-the-dumps acting career in 1991 and went pro as a boxer. But today is different. Both cheeks are marred by fresh bruises and cuts, painful souvenirs of a recent pummeling at the hands of others. The ...
Gone Away, Come Back: Mickey Rourke
Gone Away, Come Back: Mickey Rourke
thehousenextdooronline.com — By Sheila O'Malley [ Mickey Rourke's latest film, The Wrestler , opens today in limited release. ] It hasn't been easy for Mickey Rourke fans over the last 15 years. He's given us much cause for complaint, and even despair. He has forced us to ... (more) Gone Away, Come Back: Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke Fights His Way Back in The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke Fights His Way Back in The Wrestler
littleblogtoo.blogspot.com — I’m a sucker for a big comeback story (I’ll never forget the thrill I experienced as a child in 1980, when I spotted Angie Dickinson on the cover of People magazine around the time she starred in Dressed to Kill , and a few years after her Police ... (more) Mickey Rourke Fights His Way Back in The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke In 13 Tzameti Remake - First Look
Mickey Rourke In 13 Tzameti Remake - First Look
filmofilia.com — Check out the first official photo of Mickey Rourke who stars, after successful Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” in “13″ as a convict in a Mexican prison who is sold into thecompetition. Director Géla Babluani, who wrote and directed the original, is back to adapt and direct the ... (more) Mickey Rourke In 13 Tzameti Remake - First Look
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First Look: Mickey Rourke in 13
TheMovingPicture.net - Movie News - Movie Trailers - Movie Reviews - TV - DVD - Rumors - Casting News — ... USA Today has debuted the first image from 13, the upcoming remake of the 2005 French thriller 13 Tzameti. The below pic features Mickey Rourke as a Texan who is broken out of a Mexian prison and forced to play a game of high-stakes Russian roulette. ...

Check out Mickey Rourke in '13'
The Screening Log — ... The folks at USA Today got their hands on a still showing Mickey Rourke in Géla Babluani’s "13." A remake of Babluani's own "13 Tzameti,” the film follows a man who gets a hold of a mysterious package with a set of instructions leading to a fortune. ...

First Look: Mickey Rourke as a Texan Cowboy in 13
FirstShowing.net — ... spotlight, especially considering The Wrestler has made him think long and hard about the roles he's taking on nowadays. One of them that Rourke has been mentioning recently is a film called 13, an English-language remake of G??la Babluani's 13 Tzameti. You've probably heard about this before and that's because it also stars Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent, and Sam Riley, which makes it one hell of an interesting project. USA Today has debuted a first look at Rourke's Texan and we thought you might want to check it ...

First Look: Mickey Rourke In 13
Cinema Blend News — ... about his role in the French remake 13 , and now the first image of him in character has been posted at USA Today , alongside an extensive interview with the star. And while he looks a little cleaned up compared to Randy "The Ram" Robinson, the character he plays in The Wrestler , apparently that won't last long. When the USA Today writer visited him in his trailer, 'Both cheeks are marred by fresh bruises and cuts, painful souvenirs of a recent pummeling at the hands of others." It's all part of the character Rourke invented for himself in the movie, a character who ...

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