MICKEY ROURKE VS. KURT COBAIN
Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 2:00pm by Axl RosenbergLast month I told you about the excellent new film, The Wrestler. The full trailer has been released now and features the scene in which the characters played by Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei bemoan the loss of hair metal to grunge. At the screening I attended, this scene got a HUGE laugh – pretty odd, considering if anyone in the crowd was a Ratt fan, they didn’t look it.
Anyways, check out the trailer below. Mickey Rourke is thanked in the liner notes of Chinese Democracy and apparently talked Axl Rose into letting the filmmakers use the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” for free, so I reckon this little moment of Cobain bashing holds a special place in Rourke’s heart.
The Wrestler opens December 17. See it, if it’s not too artsy for you.
-AR
looks like a cool movie, but what the fuck happened to rourke’s face? he looks like those rubber people from the duracell commercials.
So, I hate wrestling (except for the old Paul Boesch/Ivan Putski/Wahoo McDaniel days), hate Mickey Rourke, and yet, I cannot wait to see this movie. Why? Because Darren Aronofsky is a fucking genius and cannot make a bad movie.
Darren Aronofsky shits gold.
Mickey Rourke made some good movies. Barfly & Sin City come to mind. Is this movie based on the life of Jake “The Snake” Roberts? Marisa Tomei as a stripper! I’m there.
@cornblood:
Be sure to catch Before the Devil Knows Your Dead for lots and lots of Marisa Tomei nude scenes including the opening shot of her getting banged doggystyle by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Okay, I could do without PSH…
I’m glad Todd Barry’s getting work.
I guess steroids can’t fix your face, eh Mick?
I’m definitely watching it.
I know its not metal, but Im really digging that Springsteen song in the trailer.
Fuck you Sammy, I guess you should get hit by a truck.
Does anybody notice since Barfly Rourke’s face has started to look more and more like Bukowski’s?