Everyone is running out of things to watch during the pandemic, even movie stars. Recently, Mickey Rourke took to Instagram to praise Law & Order: SVU.
“Mariska Hargitay is a very concentrated actress, she is absolutely great in every episode,” Rourke wrote. “Her dedication and very meticulous work put her on another level. There’s very few, if any actresses in films these days that can hold her jock strap. I give her tremendous respect for her amazing ability.”
It was a long, waxing post that praises both leads for their superb acting ability.
Rourke kept on going, saying, “Christopher Meloni, the man brings a lot to the table with his physicality… I also took notice to the classy and highly talented intense Stephanie March, as well as BD Wong. I’m most surprised, tremendously impressed with the charisma, the attitude and swag and sincerity that Ice T brings to his particular role. What’s especially enjoying is watching commodity of this exceptional group of actors…Respect to all of you, the work that you all do is real acting, not like that crap that all on Marvel shit.”
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It's surprising Rourke called out Marvel. He is, of course, the villain in Iron Man 2. But that was the worst-reviewed movie in that franchise, and Rourke was coming off an Academy Award nomination. It's clear he took that job for the paycheck.
This is not the first time Rourke has dished on Marvel. In an interview with CraveOnline about the movie, he said, “I explained 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 [on] the floor.”
Either way, let's focus on the positive. Rourke has found Law & Order, and I think they should definitely bring him on the show for a few episodes. Let the guy become the villain we know he's meant to play.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
