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Artie Lange Was Almost Cast in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler
slashfilm.com - 12/10/2008
Artie Lange Was Almost Cast in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler
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Comedian and New York Times Bestselling author Artie Lange admitted on the Howard Stern Show yesterday that he auditioned for Darren Aronofsky ’s The Wrestler . “I really took it seriously. I had what I thought was a great audition. It was for the fifth lead of the movie, a ...
Mickey Rourke And Darren Aronofsky: Party People, By Kurt Loder
moviesblog.mtv.com - 12/5/2008
Mickey Rourke And Darren Aronofsky: Party People, By Kurt Loder
— moviesblog.mtv.com — NEW YORK — Fox Searchlight Pictures threw the first big movie-biz holiday party of the season on... Wednesday night, in the Library of the Hudson Hotel. (It’s a “library” with a bar, a billiard table and giant framed cow ... Mickey Rourke And Darren Aronofsky: Party People, By ...

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The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
ew.com - 12/16/2008
The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
— ew.com — Certain movies about losers have a special, desperately moving appeal. By showing us men whose lives have... fallen dramatically short of their dreams, they speak to — and for — all of us. Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler , with Mickey Rourke as a ... The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly

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Hollywood film The Wrestler 'insults Iran'
telegraph.co.uk - 12/15/2008
Hollywood film The Wrestler 'insults Iran'
— telegraph.co.uk — Iran has once again accused Hollywood of "antiIranian" sentiment.... Hollywood film The Wrestler 'insults Iran'

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Artie Lang auditioned for ‘The Wrestler’
We Are Movie Geeks — ... had to pull him out of the party. This kid went to film school with Darren Aronofsky. He said in this party you claimed this guy Aronofsky, this is before Requiem for a Dream, you claimed that he was looking at you wrong and you kept hitting him in the head and you punched him in the face. I said ‘What?’ He goes ‘You were abusing this guy, calling him a film school fag’. HA! If Artie did beat up Darren Aronofsky, then he needs to make a movie about that! Thanks to /Film for the quote. ...

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Artie Lange Almost Got Serious For The Wrestler
Cinema Blend News — Artie Lange Almost Got Serious For The Wrestler Artie Lange, an actor? Well, not quite. According to Slash Film , Lange fell just short of nailing the audition for a role in the critically acclaimed film The Wrestler . Recently, on the Howard Stern Show, the topic was brought up and Artie explained that he seriously perused the film’s fifth lead role, a sleazy wrestling promoter. It’s hard enough to believe this once, and possibly still, drug-addicted comedian can take anything seriously, but Artie spoke very passionately about the experience. “So it goes right till the ...

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