00:00Rourke is never where you expect him to be. He goes against the grain of stars of his caliber, who tend to gravitate towards either comedy, mindless action, or Oscar-worthy dramas.
00:08Mickey Rourke, on the other hand, experiments, goes where no one else wants to go. Sometimes out of vanity, for profit, or simply out of love for the character.
00:16He has the merit of being genuine, of being true, of saying what he thinks. But Hollywood will see that as arrogance, as contempt for an industry that made him who he is.
00:25The same year saw the release of The Irishman, and Rourke did not find the film successful. He made the major mistake of publicly attacking Samuel Goldwyn Jr. during a press conference in Cannes, accusing the producer of having lied about the film's intentions.
00:39The problem is that he was a very powerful man in the industry at the time. He could make or break careers, and Rourke would pay the price.
00:55He will also make the mistake of publicly supporting IERA, which all the authorities in the United Kingdom will not be able to accept.
01:09From that point on, these films will be banned from the country. The controversy will grow, and the actor's popularity will take a serious hit.
01:16He is enjoying acting less and less. He has a reputation for not being very professional on a film set, and in the film industry in general.
01:23For example, he failed to read the script for Rain Man, sent by Dustin Hoffman himself, because he was too busy preparing for a pointless boxing match.
01:31That's Mickey Rourke. A waste. A rough diamond who never knew where he stood. A born actor who never wanted to be one.
01:39Perhaps that's where the real common ground with Brando lies.
01:42In four years, he participated in eight fights. He won six and lost none. But it didn't matter. His fights were enough to disfigure his face forever.
01:51His angelic face is gone. He must try to get it back and undergoes a series of cosmetic surgery operations.
01:57Nothing works. The sex symbol is defeated by KO.
02:01At that time, however, he continued to be offered roles.
02:04Tom Stone in 1993, Pulp Fiction in 1994.
02:08He refuses everything. He wants nothing more to do with Hollywood.
02:11His statements are extremely explosive.
02:14He is aggressive, arrogant, resentful of the whole world without ever questioning himself.
02:18He lives a nocturnal life of drugs, sex, and alcohol. He's no longer thinking clearly.
02:23His acquaintances are limited to the rapper Tupac, the French conman Christophe Rocancourt, the leader of the Hels Angels, John Gotti of the mafia, and so on.
02:32His wife, Kareotis, who had met him on the set of The Wild Orchid, filed for divorce in 1994 and accused him of domestic violence.
02:40Which he will categorically deny.
02:42Knowing that he had proposed marriage to her two years earlier, threatening to commit suicide if she refused.
02:48A relationship that is anything but dramatic, far too passionate, between two tortured souls who will spend their time appearing in magazines for sordid stories.
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