Mickey Rourke Says He's NOT Doing Iron Man 2

wah wah waaaaaaah. No Rourke in IM2. Not too terribly disappointing IMO.

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That's what I'm sayin' Shaman, if the actor don't really want the part then NEEEXXT.

Plus I can think of 100 other actors I'd like to see in an IronMan movie before Rourke !!

I'm not too torn up about this...actually not at all, lol.

I was looking for someone smaller and on the level as RDJr size to fit into Armor like the animations WhipLash (If that's who MR was suppose to play)

Like this:
http://www.animatedsuperheroes.com/images/ironmanaa/whiplash.jpg

I'm going to agree with the general sentiment on here about this. Mickey Rourke is a great actor and I love him in just about anything he does, but if it's this much trouble to nail him down for the movie, then maybe that's a sign that he shouldn't be in it. Whether it's ego, money or whatever, inevitably after this long there will probably be hard feelings/problems about the whole process. Then we'll have to hear about it during and after the movie is made. And all of that could affect future use of the character in other movies.

I mean it wasn't this much trouble nailing down RDJR, Paltrow, and Bridges for the first one, why should it be such a chore to get Rourke for this one? When it's all said and done I'm sure they will get somebody just as talented to fill whatever role they were looking at him for.

not really heart-broken. just cant wait to see what iron man 2 has in store for us. By the way can anybody tell me the status of the next hulk movie? if any? Im a HUGE Hulk fan and i remember the director and producers saying they'd be up for another one. anybody give some info please.

This isn't a disapointment, its not like it was a role that was made for him (unlike Sam Jackson as Nick Fury), they will get someone else who can play the role just as well.

Who turns down a role in a comic/game movie? Unless Uwe Bol-fart is directing. Then run like hell. Glad blizzard told him to piss off when he tried getting his hands on the Warcraft movie.

YEAH! just cause he made a bit of a comeback doesn't mean he can cloud up the IRON MAN II set. I say with a diabolical laughter,"GOOD RIDDANCE".

Rourke doesn't even reconise when something is there for him... He doesn't want to make another Sin City? Marv, the character he was "born to play?" He got friggin' lucky with The Wrestler, and that'll probably be curtains for him anyways. He blows... and he blew bigtime as a wannabe Boxer. What sportsman does the wannabe, wannabe next? The Hockey Player? Iron Man II will fly without him and his weirdness.
Wait, I got the new "perfect" role for him... The Comebacker.

Bum.

The case with Rourke is the same with Jackson, JamesH. There have been articles here about it in the recent past. Marvel offered the roles to them but they don't accept the paycheck that comes with it. They want more. You'll never HEAR the actors say that they want more because it would tarnish their fanbase, but that's the issue at hand. Marvel wants as much profit from this movie as possible so that they can really make their baby AVENGERS fly with very little obstructions ... like money. So, they know damn well that their upcoming movies will rock the boxoffice and they know damn well that it'll happen with unknowns just as much as stars. Marvel would "prefer" stars because they do bring in "security" as for buts in the seats but they know for certain that on the long run, they're projects will still rake in even if they don't take first place on opening day. So greedy stars like Rourke and Jackson are totally expendable. Take the stalone movie "expendables" for example, Van Damme was offered a role that could have revamped his career but said no. Obviously, it was either he was too gready or that he didn't wanna share the screen. Either way, Stalone said "[frick] you" and BOOM, Dolph Lundgren took his place. EVERYBODY's expendable!!!

2 years ago he would have done cartwheels for this role

Not a big loss only b/c Iron Man doesn't have the greatest villains. If Sam Jackson isn't Nick Fury I would go back to the white Nick Fury and hire someone like Bruce Willis or Ed Harris