Sunday night might decide Rourke's IRON MAN 2 fate

by Matt Holmes

This seems to be the situation here regarding Mickey Rourke and IRON MAN 2. Rourke desperately wants to "bring it" to the sequel. He wants to be in the movie, he wants to show the world that he is capable of starring in a huge Summer blockbuster and is a big enough actor to play a villain that can make several hundred million for Marvel. But Marvel, trying to save a lot of money these days, won't pay him the same salaries as they are giving out to Robert Downey Jr or Gwyneth Paltrow. They have lowballed him an offer no-one is surprised he turned down. BUT, offer him the right kind of money and he will do it. It's the same kind of situation as to what he was in with GET CARTER, where the studio wouldn't offer him what he wanted and Sly Stallone, star of the picture, came in and paid the rest of Rourke's salary. On this project he hasn't got a Stallone. But come Sunday night, he very well may have an Oscar on his hands for THE WRESTLER. And that will mean gold, REAL GOLD for Rourke. And more gold from Marvel. CLICK HERE TO SEE ROURKE LETTING MARVEL KNOW HE WANTS TO "BRING IT"!

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.