2. Mickey Rourke: The Comeback Of Faded Talent
We’re not sure what makes Mickey Rourke tick – from giving compelling performances in movies likeBarfly and Angel Heart in 1987, in 1991 Rourke retired from films and turned to boxing. Rumor mills went nuts over his erotic movies like 91/2 Weeks and then Wild Orchid, the latter being more notorious than popular for the widespread belief that Rourke and Carre Otis were doing it for real on screen.
Mickey retired post being awarded Razzies for movies like Desperate Hours and Harley Davison and The Marlboro Man. Boxing shenanigans over, Rourke shined (though under heavy makeup) as Marv in Sin City. But it was his award-winning performance as Robin Ramzinski in The Wrestler that really brought Mickey back to life as far as Hollywood is concerned.
Commercial successes in the form of Iron Man 2 and The Expendables followed, but post-that Rourke hasn’t had any further releases. Thankfully for him, he hasn’t had any further breakdowns either; though he needs another good release soon in order to avoid fading into obscurity again.
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