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Mickey Rourke Talks Iron Man 2
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The Guardian spoke to Mickey Rourke about playing a villain in Iron Man 2 . Here's an excerpt from the interview: And Iron Man 2, in which he plays Tony Stark's tattooed Russian nemesis, Ivan, is possibly the biggest movie yet in Rourke's new career. For Rourke this means going to Russia, drinking vodka and visiting jails to study prison tattoos and find his character's tics. "I decided to do half my role in Russian," he beams, "and that's hard because the Russian language doesn't roll off the English-speaking tongue very easily. I spent three hours a day with a ...
Mickey Rourke Talks Iron Man 2
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The Guardian spoke to Mickey Rourke about playing a villain in Iron Man 2 . Here's an excerpt from the interview: And Iron Man 2, in which he plays Tony Stark's tattooed Russian nemesis, Ivan, is possibly the biggest movie yet in Rourke's new career. For Rourke this means going to Russia, drinking vodka and visiting jails to study prison tattoos and find his character's tics. "I decided to do half my role in Russian," he beams, "and that's hard because the Russian language doesn't roll off the English-speaking tongue very easily. I spent three hours a day with a ...
Rourke speaks Russian
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... he's waiting outside to explain things to me. So I wrote this scene where he's saying [adopts a Jagger-esque drawl] 'It ain't the same, mate. It's not just smash, grab and third-rate pimps on the street.' So if I could get somebody of Mick's calibre interested, that would fun." He pauses. "Yeah, that would be fun," he decides, excited, invigorated and - best of all - back in the moment. "It'd be fun to go to work with a legend." • The Wrestler is out on DVD now source My hopes for this film are astronomically high, but you can never be too ...
Mickey Rourke on His Iron Man 2 Character Whiplash
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... a few weeks ago that I'm combining with these very short quotes from The Guardian, who recently talked with him as well. So do you want to hear one of his lines? "If someone kills me, don't wake me up, because I'd rather be dead than live in your world." ...
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... Rourke tells The Guardian that he learned Russian for the role: “I decided to do half my role in Russian, and that’s hard because the Russian language doesn’t roll off the English-speaking tongue very easily. I spent three hours a day with a teacher, and after two weeks I know four sentences!” ...
Mickey Rourke talks Iron Man
Total Film News —
... live in your world." Charming… In related, more spoilery Iron Man news, producer Kevin Feige talked about the movie at a conference over the weekend and revealed that Scarlett Johansson’s character – better known as slinky female spy Black Widow – will first be seen undercover as an assistant to Tony Stark who later reveals her true colours. Looking forward to that take on the plot line… [Source: Guardian/First Showing] Mickey Rourke spouting ...
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... Mickey Rourke says he speaks Russian half the time in this movie, where he plays Tony Stark's adversary Whiplash. He quotes something which may be an actual line of dialog from the film: "If someone kills me, don't wake me up, because I'd rather be dead than live in your world." [Guardian via ...
Mickey Rourke Learning Russian To Play Whiplash
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Mickey Rourke Learning Russian To Play Whiplash Mickey Rourke is somehow still doing press for The Wrestler , even though I had sworn that he'd said everything possible about the whole thing during the marathon Oscar season. But in an interview timed to The Wrestler 's UK DVD release, Rourke also told The Guardian a bit about his role in Iron Man 2 -- including the Russian he's learning to speak. Explaining that he spent three hours a day for two weeks learning Russian, Rourke sounded out one of the lines uttered by his character Ivan, a.k.a. Whiplash. The transcription ...
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... last night’s lead actor Tony. [Gold Derby]
• Marcia Gay Harden won lead actress from “God of Carnage,” by the way, while the film won best play. “Billy Elliot” cleaned up, though. [TonyAwards.com]
• With “Brüno” on the way, Michael Deacon digs into the elusive Sacha Baron Cohen. [Daily Telegraph]
• Mickey Rourke works “The Wrestler” across the pond. [The Guardian]
• Out-of-the-blue story of the day: ...
Marvel Movie Update
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... Rourke also told The Guardian that he decided to do half his dialogue in Russian, which he is learning for the film. All and all, sounds pretty badass. And, if ...
First Image Of Mickey Rourke As Whiplash In Iron Man 2
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... says:
The technologies are definitely related, and that’s part of the core theme of the film
Whiplash is the alter ego of Ivan Vanko, a Russian who, Favreau says, “has constructed his own version of a suit.” Among the creative alterations: a pair of whips, powered by the suit’s glowing chest piece, expected to keep Iron Man cracking. Whiplash “is going to light them up,” says Rourke.
The Guardian recently spoke with Mickey Rourke about playing the villain in Iron ...
