Jan 26, 2009
Posted by Kirk in Actors, Real Life | 3 comments
Mickey Rourke’s Next Performance? Wrestlemania 25!
Mickey Rourke, while doing red carpet interviews at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night, revealed that not only has he been in talks with World Wrestling Entertainment and Vince McMahon, but that he has accepted to attend Wrestlemania 25 on April 5th.
Here’s the clip straight from YouTube:
The man calls out Chris Jericho! Â Is there anything cooler? Â As a die hard wrestling fan (yes, I know it’s fake! Â Back off!), I think this is awesome news, and I can’t wait to hear what WWE has in store for Rourke and Jericho in the storylines.
Source: YouTube
Vince McMahon can make a dollar on anything even the Oscars. I guess Mickey feels if I can’t win the Oscar…I’ll do wrestlemania.
While I think the news is awesome, there’s alot of web buzz that this could hurt his Oscar hopes. “Could that hurt his bout in the Oscar ring by making him look ridiculous? It’s one thing to perform those wild stunts while taking on a dramatic role in a Darren Aronofsky film. It’s something else to take gladiatorial wrestling as seriously as its lughead fans.” and “He would do well to remember the misstep taken by Eddie Murphy two years ago. That bad boy of Hollywood was riding high with wins for his tour de force performance in “Dreamgirls,” but the February release of “Norbit” made Oscar voters wonder about his true talent. They ended up giving the supporting-actor trophy to veteran Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”). And all Murphy was left with was a record three acting Razzie Awards for “Norbit.” Its all load of crap…the Academy can stop trying to be so elitist….judge the performance…not all that other stuff. Who even cares about Mickey’s next move, they gave an award to a stripper for chrissakes….
hmm… I agree this could ultimately hurt Rourke’s shot at the Oscar. I feel like he’s taking his success in stride and that’s all well and good, but he really needs to really consider the opportunity that he has been presented. It’s not every day you get nominated for an Oscar, especially after almost being blacklisted from the industry that suddenly had a change of heart.
On another note, I am pleased that Vince is actually acknowledging the film and its impact on American pop culture, he’d be a fool not to. I’m sure he was reluctant due to the nature of the film and all the industry secrets it reveals.