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A Drink with Mickey Rourke: An Evening at the Shamrock Social Club
The upcoming Academy Awards are just around the corner, and the good people at The Sleepless Film Festival are casting their lots with a dark horse: Mickey Rourke.
Beyond his tabloid fueled fall from grace, followed by his rise to redemption, Rourke’s best actor nomination for his portrayal of an over-the-hill pro wrestler — in Darren Aronofsky’s film, The Wrestler — is a recognition of an actor who may be his generation’s Montgomery Clift.
In these two candid interviews, Rourke talks about his troubled childhood, his best films, the great Eric Roberts and the toughest role he’s ever played: himself.
