Mickey Rourke has joined the motley crue of washed-up actors or simply just lame actors, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and Jet Li in Stallone’s action romp, “The Expendables.”
Everyone’s calling it the poor man’s “Inglourious Basterds,” but that might be giving this lame B-movie in the making too much credit. Ok, so then why would Rourke, probably a soon-to-be Oscar nominated actor for amazing vulnerable and human turn in “The Wrestler,” star in the piece of crap (which could be admittedly intensely entertaining crap)?
Loyalty. Rourke credits Stallone with helping him get his career back on track when he gave him a low-key role in “Get Carter” in 2000 (What about Robert Rodriguez and Vincent Gallo?). Mickey, how about just getting bombed together in Miami or taking his phone calls. A full role?
The good news is that he won’t be playing one of the rag-tag good guys on Stallone’s team and instead will portray, a dirty arms dealer who “becomes the go-to guy for a group of mercenaries planning to topple a South American dictator.” There’s your plot people, good luck. [Variety/Guardian]