Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke slams 'Top Gun: Maverick' star Tom Cruise as 'irrelevant' for playing 'the same effing part for 35 years' despite the 'Top Gun' sequel ...

It has grossed just under $597.4 million domestically and $587.9 million globally for a combined $1.2 billion total since it opened in May. A lot of guys that just tried to stretch as actors." "That doesn't mean s--- to me.

Ah yes, everyone's favourite cantankerous and outspoken agéd actor is at it again. This time Mickey Rourke, the 69-year-old star of The Wrestler and Iron ...

Cruise, for his part, was living it up at Wimbledon this past weekend, blowing kisses to adoring fans as the biggest victory lap of his career rushes on. “I don't care about money and power, I care about — when I watch Al Pacino work, and Chris Walken, and De Niro's early work, and Richard Harris' work, and Ray Winstone's work… Ah yes, everyone's favourite cantankerous and outspoken agéd actor is at it again.

Tom Cruise is the movie star of the year thanks to "Top Gun: Maverick," but Mickey Rourke is not impressed.

With $1.18 billion at the worldwide box office and nearly $600 million in the U.S., “Top Gun: Maverick” is the highest-grossing movie of 2022 and the biggest film of Cruise’s career. Even without a sequel, Cruise has more blockbusters on the horizon as the two-part “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning” arrives in 2023 and 2024. Tom Cruise is the movie star of the year thanks to the billion-dollar grossing success of “ Top Gun: Maverick,” but at least one Oscar nominee is not impressed.

Mickey Rourke claimed Tom Cruise has been "doing the same f-ing part for 35 years" amid the success of "Top Gun: Maverick."

Rourke concluded, “At the end of the day, you’ve got some nerd with a pocketful of money calling the shots. Unfortunately, the [people] at Marvel just wanted a one-dimensional bad guy, so most of the performance ended up [on] the floor.” “Hey Robert De Niro, that’s right I am talking to you, you big f***ing crybaby,” Rourke wrote of his former “Angel Heart” co-star. Let me tell you something, you punk ass, when I see you I swear to God on my Grandmother, on my brother and all my dogs, I gonna embarrass you severely 100%. Mickey Rourke ‘as God is my witness.'” “I explained to [director Jon] Favreau that I wanted to bring some other layers and colors, not just make this Russian a complete murderous revenging bad guy,” Rourke said at the time. I care about when I watch Al Pacino work and Chris Walken and [Robert] De Niro’s early work and Richard Harris’ work and Ray Winstone’s work.

Mickey Rourke opened up on the decisions he made to endure childhood abuse and reflected on his acting career, calling Tom Cruise "irrelevant."

But I made a decision a long time ago, when I was 14, that I gotta be a man and I had to be a man at 14," Rourke said. "As the years went by, even with the success and the destruction of my career, it was always important for me - because of where I came from - to be a man first and an actor second.” Rourke said it was in his 23 years of therapy where he realized the grave power dynamics that had impacted his career, saying he dealt with people who came "from an authoritarian place."

'The Wrestler' actor laid into Cruise on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored,' saying that Cruise has “been doing the same effing part for 35 years.”

It’s also the biggest film of Cruise’s career and currently holds a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. So while it’s true that Cruise has almost entirely relegated his film work to sequels for the past several years, he certainly has a hungry and satisfied legion of fans. “That doesn’t mean shit to me,” Rourke said. Despite being irrelevant (to Rourke), Top Gun: Maverick has grossed a reported $1.18 billion at the worldwide box office and almost $600 million in the U.S, making it the highest grossing film of 2022 so far.

MICKEY ROURKE slammed fellow actor Tom Cruise claiming he has played 'the same part' throughout his acting career.

"That’s the kind of actor I want to be like… to which Mickey slammed: “I think he's irrelevant in my world.” I just want to make that clear. The kind of guys who tried to stretch as actors.” Actor Mickey Rourke joined Talk TV Uncensored host Piers Morgan on Monday and touched on his work as an actor. I don't care about money and power.

Mickey Rourke did not mince words when asked by TV host Piers Morgan about fellow actor Tom Cruise and the box-office numbers for 'Top Gun: Maverick.'

After one of the takes (we only did a few) I noticed that both Tom and Val had tears in their eyes. “I think there is a lot of Maverick in Tom, and Iceman in Val, so what you are seeing onscreen is an authentic friendship that has lasted over 36 years. I care about when I watch Al Pacino work and [Christopher] Walken and [Robert] De Niro’s early work and Richard Harris’ work and Ray Winstone’s work. As of Sunday, the Paramount Pictures title had amassed $1.2 billion worldwide. “I don’t care about money and power. I got no respect for that.

The Wrestler actor Mickey, 69, said in a no holds barred interview with Piers Morgan he has 'no respect' for the Mission Impossible actor.

Smart: The Mission Impossible actor opted for a smart-casual look as he arrived at Claridge's five-star restaurant, donning a black shirt which he tucked into dark jeans The film star stopped to sign autographs and pose for selfies with a crowd of fans that had gathered outside the swanky venue. The Mission: Impossible actor opted for a smart-casual look as he arrived at Claridge's five-star hotel in London wearing a black shirt, which he tucked into dark jeans.

The 'Expendables' star gave a damning assessment of Cruise when asked about the record-breaking success of 'Top Gun: Maverick'. Whatever you think of the ...

Cruise is sometimes described as our last true movie star; in some ways, he embodies a pre-Brando sense of persona-based acting, where audiences come to expect and embrace consistency from one project to the next. Performers tend to talk a lot about their “process” when it comes to characterisation; Cruise’s process seems to revolve around harnessing himself to the outside of whichever airborne vehicle is most lethal-looking. Rourke, meanwhile, has been pretty much out of the mainstream limelight since 2014’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Top Gun: Maverick has swooped in and rescued cinema from the clutches of the pandemic. Every so often, you get someone like Sam Elliott calling the Best Picture frontrunner a “piece of s***”. Or Brian Cox branding Johnny Depp “overblown” and “overrated”. In an era when the edges seem to have been thoroughly sanded off every celebrity interaction, when “heartwarming moment” tweets and co-star bromance compilation videos go viral at the drop of a hat, there’s something refreshing about some good old-fashioned thespianic mud-slinging.

While talking about Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando and Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke attacked Tom Cruise and calls him "irrelevant".

He even criticised Cruise’s body of work, stating that he has been profiting from the same kind of work: “That doesn’t mean shit to me. Commenting on the success of the sequel, Rourke claimed that commercial wins don’t mean anything to him. In a new interview with Piers Morgan, Rourke was asked about his opinions on the recent success of Top Gun: Maverick which took everyone by surprise.

The Wrestler actor Mickey, 69, said in a no holds barred interview with Piers Morgan he has 'no respect' for the Mission Impossible actor.

So I think theatre is around for a while longer.' Party time: The meal was likely a celebratory event as the British film executive Donna was made a dame at Windsor Castle earlier on Tuesday Dame Donna Langley-Shamshiri, who oversaw franchises such as the Mamma Mia films, Despicable Me and the Fast & Furious, was recognised by Prince Charles at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The screen star was likely talking shop during his dinner as he was joined by Dame Donna Langley (pictured), who is the chair of Universal Pictures The meal was likely a celebratory event as the British film executive was made a dame at Windsor Castle earlier on Tuesday, and described the honour as 'exceeding all expectations'. The screen star was likely talking shop during his dinner as he was joined by Dame Donna Langley, who is the chair of Universal Pictures.

Mickey Rourke thinks Amber Heard was only after Johnny Depp's money in the exes' defamation trial.

Heard had a minor victory in her countersuit, with the jury awarding her $2 million in compensatory damages but $0 in punitive damages. It cost me movie jobs for several years, and it caused me a bad reputation.” They were married from 1991 to 1999.

Mickey Rourke has branded Johnny Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard 'a gold-digger', in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

The kind of guys who tried to stretch as actors’. ‘That’s the kind of actor I want to be like… I care about, when I watch Al Pacino working, Chris Walken and De Niro’s early work and Richard Harris’s work and Ray Winstone’s work. It cost me movie jobs for several years and it caused a bad reputation. I don’t care about money and power. ‘And finally, the truth came out but the truth came out after I lost movies and I lost jobs and and so I felt bad for somebody that is trying to get chopped down by some gold digger, you know.’