Quotes That Worry Us: Mickey Rourke on 'Iron Man 2'
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Note: That is not the actual bird featured in the film
By now I'm sure you've all seen the new Iron Man 2 images of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. But did you actually read the article? If you did, you would've found some more plot detail and the following quote from Mickey Rourke: "I told Favreau, 'I don't want to just play him as a one-dimensional p----. He let me have a cockatoo, who I talk to and get drunk with while I'm making my suit." Wait, a cockatoo? That he gets drunk with and talks to?
Folks, we've been together for a long time now -- and I'd like to consider us veterans when it comes to analyzing upcoming superhero movies. Is there any possible way a drunken Russian-accented Mickey Rourke chatting up a cockatoo can work? Granted, we know nothing and we've seen practically nothing of this film yet ... but am I the only one who cringes a little when I read that quote? Like, is this really the first info you want to tell us about the sequel?
Speaking of, here's that plot detail (from EW): "On one side is Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), a fast-talking weapons manufacturer who fancies himself the next Tony Stark; on the other, Vanko, who, while incarcerated in a Russian prison, creates his own battle-suit, which shoots devastating, whip-like beams. Hammer and Whiplash join forces to take down Downey's character, Tony Stark." "...Adding more flesh and blood to the new movie, Scarlett Johansson joined the cast as Stark's mysterious new assistant, Natasha, who has an alter ego of her own, Black Widow. That introduction inevitably sparks romantic tension between Stark and former assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), who's been promoted to CEO of Stark Industries." Read the rest at EW.
Thoughts on Rourke and his new drinking buddie?
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7-16-2009 @ 11:19AM
Stunbunny said...
Hey... it worked for Robert Blake in '75 and look where he ended up!
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7-16-2009 @ 11:17AM
Jeremy said...
Actually, that quote kind of gets me excited for his character in this movie. I was afraid he'd be turned into "just a villain" like Schwarzenegger's Mr Freeze.
It sounds like we might get to know this fleshed-out character, and perhaps even find some of the old Rourke's charm.
I'd say this makes Iron Man 2 more interesting! That one of my future ex-wives is the Black Widow doesn't hurt its chances either!
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7-16-2009 @ 11:20AM
Nadir Ahmed said...
Iron Man 2 is looking very similar to SpiderMan 3 in that they might have too many villians. Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johannson all playing villians, a little too much dont you think.
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7-16-2009 @ 11:35AM
Eric said...
Scarlett Johannson is not a villain. Black Widow is a spy. Not exactly evil. She walks the line.
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7-16-2009 @ 12:00PM
StanleyNickels said...
You know, there's some actors who I'd trust to make a scene getting drunk with a cockatoo work. Mickey Rourke is one of them. Sam Rockwell is another. Robert Downey jr., funnily enough, is a third.
Iron Man didn't exactly set the stage for a franchise firmly rooted in realism, and it's a small, wacky detail that'd add some comic relief, but not something so high-concept in it's goofiness that it'd derail the movie. Like if the villain's lair was designed as such that said villain would need an on-staff lighting crew.
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7-16-2009 @ 1:35PM
Charles said...
Robert Downey Jr. spent the majority of the first movie talking to a computer. In his suit AND out of it. HE made it work.
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7-16-2009 @ 12:48PM
ian said...
Maybe they just did it to appease Mickey but never filmed it or planned to cut it. "Yeah Yeah sure Mick, heres your Cockatoo, have at it."
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7-16-2009 @ 1:34PM
BIG DEC said...
This movie, no matter how many villians it has, will still be 50 times better than Transformers 2 and Wolverine. This summer has been one big disappointing movie season for the most part. I loved The Hangover, HP5 was good, Drag me to hell was decent, so next Summer had better do things alot better. I have faith in J.V. and Downey Jr.
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7-16-2009 @ 2:12PM
cbebop007 said...
Yeah, I'll go ahead and also say that it sounds like they may have too much going on. Granted, it's way early so I'm not worried yet.
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7-16-2009 @ 2:36PM
ML said...
I seem to remember something about how virtually everyone who worked with Johnny Depp on Pirates thinking that his choices were insane and that the picture would be a major flop. This from the people working with him let alone people hearing about it and chatting on the internet. Granted, this is Depp, not Rourke, but I'm willing to give the thing a chance rather than judge it before I even see it.
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7-16-2009 @ 3:42PM
TJF said...
Mickey Rourke could make ANYTHING work...I look forward to watching his particular brand of genius madness on the screen again and again...
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7-23-2009 @ 1:37PM
tony said...
im sitting here having a beer and my bird is on my shoulder. nuff said
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