Mickey Rourke not in documentary
i got the DVD just watched the speicals and I found it strange every actor was in it but Mickey Rourke anyone no why he wasn't in it?
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...becasuse he's an *beep*
shareFor people who are bashing Mickey,he is the BEST ACTOR and who gives THE BEST PERFORMANCE in Diner.IF he wasn't in the documentary it's because the man simply don't wanted to be part of it.Case close! Besides,Boogie Sheftel was been one of his top notch performances (in his early career and in a supporting role) Mickey stated in multiple interviews that the the movie wasn't his "cup of tea",so leave the man alone! and for the rest of the cast,yes they are on the documentary, but with the exception of Kevin Bacon (who went to a major career) nobody there have much success or even a career right now.Steve Guttenberg is missing in action somewhere, Tim Daly,who the *beep* the man is doing now?, Daniel Stern, Ellen Barkin, the untalented Paul Reiser ????... Mickey Rourke was the BEST ACTOR performing on cinema in the 80's,it's a shame that lame boxing career who took the man for a hiatus in cinema for more than 5 years *beep* up him for Hollywood.
shareLebowski, you didn't like his work in Johnny Handsome or Desperate Hours? In both films I thought he was the best thing in them.
shareOk, while some of them might not be the hottest commodities right this second, Time Daly has a starring role on Private Practice and looking way better than he did in his Diner days, Kevin Bacon still has an awesome career, Guttenberg and Reiser both had really awesome careers and are still working. What's Rourke doing? Playing the creepy guy in Spun.... just saying.
shareIts obvious this post is old, bc Mickey won the Golden Globe award for his fantastic role in "The Wrestler", so I think Mickey is making a huge comeback-- he will be in Iron Man 2 w/Robert Downey Jr. and a couple of other movies he has under his belt. I remember watching the Diner strictly to see Mickey in it..he was great!
shareIts a tough one, but to be frank, Rourke was a definite *beep* on set. Despite the fact Levinson wanted the cast to hang out offset to get into character, and everyone else did, Rourke refused. When Stern confronted him, Rourke basically said "I've got things to do. I'm going places in my career, unlike you guys". By all accounts, it seems Guttenberg was the only guy Rourke got along with.
Funny that - because in his films between Barfly and Sin City I watched his performances and wanted to forget about them too.
C'mon.... Rourke definite had a "bad" period, and his story in the 90s was one of the biggest crash and burn stories you'll ever hear, but in the 80s, the guy was hands down the best actor of his generation. Still is one of them, and if it wasn't for his face, I'm sure he would have made a Brando style comeback by now.
As for the 90s, you got the years wrong. He definitely gave good performances after and before the films you gave). It's mostly between The Desperate Hours to Animal Factory that his career took a downturn (and there's even good moments, usually in bad movies unfortunately, in there). share
"By all accounts, it seems Guttenberg was the only guy Rourke got along with."
Correction: By whose accounts? I was a senior publicist at MGM/UA in New York City when "Diner" was finally released (the studio hated the movie, deemed it unreleasable, and shelved it until I screened it for some influential critics who loved the movie and forced the studio to give it a trial run) and worked closely with Kevin Bacon and Tim Daly, two super nice guys who told me things on the set got so far out of hand that Rourke actually decked poor Steve Guttenberg. The consensus was that Rourke was a total *beep* and his future shenanigans and career self-destruction proved this to be true. Moreover, one of the critics confided in me that Kevin came in a close second for their New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Diner".