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Post by ck100 on May 10, 2021 20:41:10 GMT
Would he consider his films Passion Play and Another 9 1/2 Weeks to have "real acting"?
Mickey Rourke Prefers ‘Real Acting’ Over ‘That Crap’ Acting in Marvel Movies
"Mickey Rourke was coming off a career resurgence from his Oscar-nominated role in “The Wrestler” when he was cast as the villainous Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in “Iron Man 2.” The experience didn’t go well for Rourke, and the actor continues to take hits at Marvel over a decade after the Jon Favreau-directed sequel opened in theaters. Rourke’s latest MCU jab came while praising “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” which the actor only recently discovered while in quarantine. Rourke said he much prefers the real acting on display in “Law & Order” to “that crap” acting featured in Marvel movies.
“Mariska Hargitay is a very concentrated actress, she is absolutely great in every episode,” Rourke wrote on social media. “Her dedication and very meticulous work put her on another level. There’s very few, if any actresses in films these days that can hold her jock strap. I give her tremendous respect for her amazing ability.”
Rourke continued, “Christopher Meloni, the man brings a lot to the table with his physicality…I also took notice to the classy and highly talented intense Stephanie March, as well as BD Wong. I’m most surprised, tremendously impressed with the charisma, the attitude and swag and sincerity that Ice T brings to his particular role. What’s especially enjoying is watching commodity of this exceptional group of actors…Respect to all of you, the work that you all do is real acting, not like that crap that all on Marvel shit.”
Rourke previously slammed Marvel in an interview with CraveOnline, claiming the studio edited out his performance in “Iron Man 2.” The actor said, “I explained to [Jon] Favreau that I wanted to bring some other layers and colors, not just make this Russian a complete murderous revenging bad guy. And they allowed me to do that. Unfortunately, the [people] at Marvel just wanted a one-dimensional bad guy, so most of the performance ended up [on] the floor.”
Rourke added, “At the end of the day you’ve got some nerd with a pocketful of money calling the shots. You know, Favreau didn’t call the shots. I wish he would have.”
“Iron Man 2” is often cited as one of the weaker entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was still a box office success, grossing $623 million at the worldwide box office."
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 10, 2021 20:46:44 GMT
I think it's just sour grapes he wasn't brought back for the other Iron Man/Avengers films and he went back to being irrelevant. As for "law and Order: SVU" I would suggest Rourke check out the far superior "The Shield"
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Post by Prime etc. on May 10, 2021 21:12:42 GMT
He did up the ante in the Expendables with his brief scene.
A problem with Marvel movies is that it's not close enough to Frank Langella.
There's no sense of importance to the drama--especially the action stuff.
Jeff Bridges was good--but not very many of those kinds of performances in them.
Rourke's character was interesting but the movie had other problems--mainly too much quirky Robert Downey Jr stuff.
The third one suffered because they made the Manchurian into a joke.
If he was a serious villain as they presented him early in the movie, it would have been much more memorable.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 21:14:17 GMT
The tour de force that is Ice T:
Though Iron Man 2 would have been slightly better if they listened to him. Whiplash was a disappointment going off of the trailer and what you'd expect from a fresh-off-The-Wrestler Roarke.
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 10, 2021 21:20:19 GMT
He did up the ante in the Expendables with his brief scene. A problem with Marvel movies is that it's not close enough to Frank Langella. There's no sense of importance to the drama--especially the action stuff. Jeff Bridges was good--but not very many of those kinds of performances in them. Rourke's character was interesting but the movie had other problems--mainly too much quirky Robert Downey Jr stuff. The third one suffered because they made the Manchurian into a joke. If he was a serious villain as they presented him early in the movie, it would have been much more memorable. I'm gonna have to agree on the third one, such a letdown. Ben Kingsley was completely wasted on that role.
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Post by Downey on May 10, 2021 21:25:47 GMT
A man with a face like that should steer clear from anything acting related including discussions about acting, he literally has a dog vomit for a face. A boring Russian villain is the best he's going to get now he looks like roadkill. I also liked how he picked a generic American crime show as his go to for acting brilliance.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 21:27:26 GMT
The third one suffered because they made the Manchurian into a joke. If he was a serious villain as they presented him early in the movie, it would have been much more memorable. It's wild that 8 years later you still have to explain to people that Ben Kingsley was not the real Mandarin. But to be fair, you don't even know the character's name. |
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Post by Prime etc. on May 10, 2021 21:27:56 GMT
I'm gonna have to agree on the third one, such a letdown. Ben Kingsley was completely wasted on that role. I dont see quality adversaries in the Marvel movies.
Robert Redford--he's a bureaucrat and I think most agree General Stryker in X-men 2 was a better villain for non-powered ones. Ultron was wasted but I never found him threatening.
And I think Brolin was a bad choice for Thanos. They needed a really good voice actor for that. That's why I saw Langella is the gold standard for this stuff. He was a completely out of this world bad guy character and yet he treated it like Richard the Third.
Bridges was good too but he was an earthly character--he wasn't doing an alien.
How about the godawful bad guy in Thor 2?
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Post by Prime etc. on May 10, 2021 21:28:30 GMT
It's wild that 8 years later you still have to explain to people that Ben Kingsley was not the real Mandarin. But to be fair, you don't even know the character's name. I am glad I forgot it--shows it the right lack of respect.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 21:30:13 GMT
It's wild that 8 years later you still have to explain to people that Ben Kingsley was not the real Mandarin. But to be fair, you don't even know the character's name. I am glad I forgot it--shows it the right lack of respect. And I honestly respect that lack of respect compared to people who act like they give a shit about the comic character. |
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 10, 2021 21:33:52 GMT
I preferred his real face.  |
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Post by Downey on May 10, 2021 21:35:25 GMT
I'm gonna have to agree on the third one, such a letdown. Ben Kingsley was completely wasted on that role. I dont see quality adversaries in the Marvel movies.
Robert Redford--he's a bureaucrat and I think most agree General Stryker in X-men 2 was a better villain for non-powered ones. Ultron was wasted but I never found him threatening.
And I think Brolin was a bad choice for Thanos. They needed a really good voice actor for that. That's why I saw Langella is the gold standard for this stuff. He was a completely out of this world bad guy character and yet he treated it like Richard the Third.
Bridges was good too but he was an earthly character--he wasn't doing an alien.
How about the godawful bad guy in Thor 2?
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Post by Prime etc. on May 10, 2021 21:44:24 GMT
James Brolin's voice was better than Frank Langhella. It's more than voice-it's delivery. Brolin is being shoe-horned into things he's not suitable for. The guy played Bush, Tommy Lee Jones--does Bush have a Thanos-type voice?
Overexposure.
I know his dad married Striesand for career reasons but please--let's have a breather from the Brolin clan.
A Michael Ironside type of voice would have been better for Thanos.
He's just not menacing enough.
At least it wasn't Johnny Depp again.
Fuck, they even want him as Kolchak now.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 10, 2021 23:16:12 GMT
Man with fake face & no job offers yells at cloud about fake acting?
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Post by DarkManX on May 10, 2021 23:25:28 GMT
Iron Man 2 did suck and I wish Marvel would have let Favreau make the movie he wanted. Whiplash probably would have been a better villain.
Having said that I wonder what would happen if they decided to resurrect Whiplash or offered Rourke another role. I bet he'd backpedal pretty quick.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on May 11, 2021 6:21:49 GMT
He's right about the acting in Law and Order: SVU. Great show featuring strong performances all round, even if the subject matter is typically grim.
As for Marvel - I can understand his annoyance. The studio really did botch up Iron Man 2. Complete mess of a movie. I wouldn't judge the entire franchise based on that one weak film, however, and Rourke is overly personalizing this based on his own bad experiences.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on May 11, 2021 6:25:27 GMT
He did up the ante in the Expendables with his brief scene. A problem with Marvel movies is that it's not close enough to Frank Langella. There's no sense of importance to the drama--especially the action stuff. Jeff Bridges was good--but not very many of those kinds of performances in them. Rourke's character was interesting but the movie had other problems--mainly too much quirky Robert Downey Jr stuff. The third one suffered because they made the Manchurian into a joke. If he was a serious villain as they presented him early in the movie, it would have been much more memorable. I'm gonna have to agree on the third one, such a letdown. Ben Kingsley was completely wasted on that role. The set-up for the Mandarin was excellent and then they went and ruined the whole film for a laugh. Daring but incredibly misguided.
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Post by politicidal on May 11, 2021 13:47:29 GMT
I'm gonna have to agree on the third one, such a letdown. Ben Kingsley was completely wasted on that role. The set-up for the Mandarin was excellent and then they went and ruined the whole film for a laugh. Daring but incredibly misguided. Right? Not sure why it was needed to do that dumb twist. Ben Kingsley's version was so cool.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 11, 2021 21:16:20 GMT
The dude has lost his mind if he thinks Ice T is a good actor.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on May 12, 2021 8:00:31 GMT
The set-up for the Mandarin was excellent and then they went and ruined the whole film for a laugh. Daring but incredibly misguided. Right? Not sure why it was needed to do that dumb twist. Ben Kingsley's version was so cool. It's as if they set out to ruin their own movie. Incredibly bad creative decision-making.
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