Ex-star takes film festival by storm
Published Date:
06 September 2008
Mickey Rourke's new film role as a lonely has-been wrestler took the Venice Film Festival by storm yesterday.
Those behind The Wrestler received a standing ovation during the US film's press conference, as parallels were drawn with Rourke's own troubled past.
Rourke is now tipped to scoop "best actor" awards.
Rourke plays Randy "The Ram" Robinson, who has a blossoming romance with an ageing stripper, played by Marisa Tomei.
The former professional wrestler is estranged from his daughter when a heart attack forces him into retirement.
But the lure of wrestling threatens to draw him back in as he struggles to come to terms with everyday life, working on a delicatessen counter.
Speaking about his own life, Rourke said: "I threw my career away 15 years ago".
Of his character, he later continued: "There is no worse feeling to be feeling shameful all the time... and usually you're to blame for it.
"You have nobody to blame but yourself."
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06 September 2008 6:58 AM
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