Mickey Rourke is pissed at Marvel because of IRON MAN 2

Mickey Rourke has been doing press for Immortals, which opens this weekend. He recently spoke to Crave Online, and mentioned how angry he is Marvel Studios. He blames them for the way his Iron Man 2 character was eventually portrayed in the final cut of the movie. 

Here is what he had to say about his character and Marvels portrayal:

Well, I always try to bring that to a character. It’s like when I did Ivan Vanko in Iron Man, I fought… You know, I explained to Justin Theroux, to the writer, and 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 the floor. 

Well, you know, it is f**king too bad, but it’s their loss. If they want to make mindless comic book movies, then I don’t want to be a part of that. I don’t want to have to care so much and work so hard, and then fight them for intelligent reasoning, and just because they’re calling the shots they… You know, I didn’t work for three months on the accent and all the adjustments and go to Russia just so I could end up on the floor. Because that can make somebody say at the end of the day, oh f**k ‘em, I’m just going to mail it in. But I’m not that kind of guy. I’m never going to mail it in.

He goes on to talk about his performance:

No, but I’m saying it’s frustrating when that happens, when you care so much and you try so hard. 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. And Theroux, we worked together to bring layers to that character, so, you know, I fight for that any time I’m playing like a bad guy.

Rourke was great in The Wrestler and is a good character actor but his bitching and moaning is a tad bit late. He should have made a bigger fuss when the film was being made and edited. What are your thoughts on this news?

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