This is the same Mickey Rourke who, according to “Iron Man 2” director John Favreau, once flew himself out to Moscow to research his role as villain Ivan Vanko and came back with requests that ...

This is the same Mickey Rourke who, according to "Iron Man 2" director John Favreau, once flew himself out to Moscow to research his role as villain Ivan Vanko and came back with requests that his ...

I resisted but I went, because everything was gone." After The Wrestler, he received positive reviews for his role as villain Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2. But in the intervening 15 year, Rourke’s career ...

2010s: Continued success 2010: Portrayed the villain Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in Iron Man 2, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. 2011: Appeared in Immortals, a fantasy-action film directed by Tarsem ...

Rourke in London at the Baftas for The Wrestler in 2009 After The Wrestler, he received positive reviews for his role as villain Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2. But in the intervening 15 year ...

2010s: Continued success 2010: Portrayed the villain Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in Iron Man 2, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. 2011: Appeared in Immortals, a fantasy-action film directed by Tarsem ...

2010s: Continued success 2010: Portrayed the villain Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in Iron Man 2, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. 2011: Appeared in Immortals, a fantasy-action film directed by Tarsem ...

Mickey Rourke was supposed to be one of Hollywood’s redemption stories. The 72-year-old actor and former boxer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2009, for his portrayal of ...

2010s: Continued success 2010: Portrayed the villain Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in Iron Man 2, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. 2011: Appeared in Immortals, a fantasy-action film directed by Tarsem ...

This led to him playing Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2 but unfortunately for Rourke his resurgence did not last. “My career is in the toilet,” Rourke candidly told the Sun before he entered the ...

This led to him playing Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2 but unfortunately for Rourke his resurgence did not last. “My career is in the toilet,” Rourke candidly told the Sun before he entered the reality TV ...