Mickey Rourke...Still The Pope Of Greenwich Village - Page 2
Yeah, I didn't want to be here, but I didn't want to kill myself. I just wanted to push a button and disappear...I think I hadn't left the house for four or five months, and I was sitting in the closet, sleeping in the closet for some reason, and I was in a bad place, and I just remember I was thinking, 'Oh, man, if I do this,' [and] then I looked at my dog, Lowjack, and he made a sound, like a little almost human sound. I don't have kids, the dogs became everything to me. The dog was looking at me going, 'Who's going to take care of me?'
So what did Mickey do when he was not popular in the movie scene any more?
He went full tilt into professional boxing back in 1991, a sport that he has loved since he was in his teens. But after years of jumping in the ring and getting knocked around, Mickey received Docs orders to stop. There are many consequences of getting your noggin knocked around for that many years. You may just forget what you did the night before (I have been there), or suffer irreversible brain damage. Not to mention what it can do to your face.
After years of bodily abuse, Mickey put down his boxing gloves and traded them in for a movie script, to play Randy the Ram in The Wrestler along with Marisa Tomei. Mickey had to put on twenty pounds, forget his boxing days and train in wrestling.
Director for The Wrestler, Darren Aronofksy, who took a chance on casting Mickey, really laid down the law before casting him. Darren wanted to be sure that Mickey was aware of the chance he was taking on him and wanted a total understanding between the two of them, and that he may not be able to pay Mickey at all.
Darren told Mickey:
"I can't raise any money with you, you have ruined your career by misbehaving, but if we can get the money, you are going to listen to everything I say, and your going to do everything I tell you to do, you can never disrespect me in front of the crew, and I can not pay you."Continued on the next pageMickey goes on to say, "Well, I thought...I heard he was smart and I know he has the balls too, so I thought this is my kind of guy"
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