Mickey Rourke

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q178552: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Diner (1982); Rumble Fish (1983); Year of the Dragon (1985); The Wrestler (2008); Iron Man 2 (2010).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Eric Roberts: 1 line

  1. unmapped (advocacy) · them, directly: Eric Roberts ⇒ Mickey Rourke (the host's read). Rourke repeatedly urged Hollywood to give Roberts another chance in awards speeches, which got Stallone to hire him.
    “Mickey Rourke, when he was winning all his fucking wrestler awards, kept on being like, do you remember this in all of his speeches”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:10:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Hancock (2008): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they acted in: Hancock ⇒ Iron Man 2 (the host's read). The Demon in a Bottle alcoholism arc was dodged partly because Hancock had already done a drinking superhero two months after the first Iron Man.
    “Because Hancock comes out. 2 months after the 1st Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
    “Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3 (2013): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career arc): Eric Roberts → Mickey Rourke. Roberts's trajectory from hot talent to unemployable-then-prolific mirrors Rourke's.
    “It's a very similar arc to Mickey Rourke, I think.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:09:39 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Mickey Rourke → Domino. Rourke's comeback era was spent in films like Domino and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
    “he was in fucking domino once upon a time in Mexico”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:41:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Mickey Rourke → The Wrestler. After The Wrestler his battered face made casting hard, and a stylized comic-book villain was seen as a smart use of it.
    “And this had felt like, okay, we're going to book villain is a good call, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:25:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Mickey Rourke → Rumble Fish. The ruined Rourke is contrasted with how handsome he was in Rumble Fish.
    “It's so sad too, because he is so hot in the motorcycle movie with a rumblefish.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:46:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Mickey Rourke → Diner. Rourke's high-pitched youthful voice is compared to Pacino's in the same way.
    “He's also one of those guys where when he was young, he had such a high pitched voice.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Mickey Rourke. The speaker jokes that makeup artist Rick Baker was handed an Academy Award for Rourke's look, when Rourke simply showed up on set that way.
    “Rick Baker, an Academy Award for Mickey Rourke in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (advocacy): Eric Roberts → Mickey Rourke. Rourke repeatedly urged Hollywood to give Roberts another chance in awards speeches, which got Stallone to hire him.
    “Mickey Rourke, when he was winning all his fucking wrestler awards, kept on being like, do you remember this in all of his speeches”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:10:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (6)

  1. what-if (what-if): Beverly Hills Cop → Mickey Rourke. The Rourke gap: a stretch where he could have made Beverly Hills Cop, and instead did Eureka and Year of the Dragon.
    “you have the space where you could have had Beverly Hills Cop, and instead you have Eureka and you're the Dragon”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:56 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Mickey Rourke → Tombstone. Rourke was nearly Johnny Ringo and turned it down.
    “Mickey Rourke was almost cast as Johnny Ringo and turned it down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:50 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Mickey Rourke → In the Cut. Per unsourced IMDb trivia, Kidman vetoed Rourke for a supporting role.
    “However, his involvement was allegedly vetoed by Nicole Kidman on the strength of Rourke's wild reputation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:41:23 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Mickey Rourke → Wreck-It Ralph. Rourke would suit a live-action Wreck-It Ralph.
    “Mickey could do live action record, Ralph.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:46:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Beverly Hills Cop → Mickey Rourke. After Stallone dropped out of Beverly Hills Cop, Rourke was offered the part, then Eddie Murphy came in and the film was rebuilt around his riffing.
    “Anyway, so Mickey Rourke says no.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:59:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Genndy Tartakovsky → Mickey Rourke. A live-action Tartakovsky film with people who look like cartoon characters, like Rourke.
    “Imagine what he would do with Mickey Rourke.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:50:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Mickey Rourke: Don Simpson reportedly tore a picture of Mickey Rourke out of a magazine and said 'isn't he great?'; Rourke then signed a $400,000 holding deal and left the project.
    “Mr. Simpson tore it out, held it up and said, isn't he great?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Mickey Rourke: Unsourced IMDb trivia: Kidman vetoed Rourke for a supporting part, and Rourke thinks it would have fast-tracked his comeback.
    “Mickey Rourke was initially considered for a supporting role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:41:20 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Mickey Rourke: Rourke's Chihuahua died right before filming; he allegedly made PAs hold up pictures of the dog and its belongings for the crying and screaming scenes.
    “And he apparently would make PAs hold up pictures of his dog and like his dog's belongings for all these scenes where he's like crying and screaming.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:05:40 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Mickey Rourke: Rumor of Rourke and Rockwell as the two villains played well, then Rourke trashed Marvel on the red carpet; the trailer was built around the Monte Carlo reveal of him.
    “Maybe if those skinflints at Marvel open up their wallets a little bit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:07:03 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Mickey Rourke: See Rourke's scene with Rockwell around 0:47 to 0:49: Rourke's bird; the hosts say the salary meeting was moved to a hangar and Rourke asked for his boy.
    “Rourke's agent was like, he'll only meet you in an airplane hangar.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:50:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)