We all know that Mickey Rourke will play a Russian Villain, Whiplash, in the upcoming Marvel sequel, IRON MAN 2. Some time ago, while promoting The Wrestler in mother Russia, he visited their prison, he was there to do a bit of research to prep him for his role, maybe drink a few beers as well afterward like a real Russian would. There was a concept art of what he might look like in the movie although it might turn out to be fake.
Guardian had a chat with the comeback kid, not only about the rough years that are now behind him but also about IRON MAN 2..
“I decided to do half my role in Russian,”
“and that’s hard because the Russian language doesn’t roll off the English-speaking tongue very easily. I spent three hours a day with a teacher, and after two weeks I know four sentences! Let me see, it’s sort of like… ‘Yezzamee menya… Yezzamee manya obott… Er, nemaboootty menya…’”
“It means,”…”If someone kills me, don’t wake me up, because I’d rather be dead than live in your world.”
But even with his involvement in IRON MAN 2. Rourke straight up said that he’s not a Superhero movie fanatic.
“I’m not gonna rush out and see the next Batman, I’m not big on formula movies. I don’t like all that Spider-Man shit.”
That’s cool.. I can respect that! He never strikes me as a man who’d scream hysterically at the sight of Christian Bale anyway.
Rourke is just enjoying the fact that he won’t have to worry about unemployment anymore. The Wrestler has brought other movie gigs to his plate.
IRON MAN 2 opens May 7th, 2010
