<p>Not many actors have a rollercoaster career quite like Mickey Rourke, a boxer who caught the acting bug in his 20s. Over several decades, Rourke filled his time with acclaimed performances like BARFLY and THE WRESTLER, notorious behavior, forgettable direct-to-video movies, returns to the boxing ring, a Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance, and ongoing physical transformation. Strap on the gloves and find out “WTF Happened to Mickey Rourke!”</p>

Not many actors have a rollercoaster career quite like Mickey Rourke, a boxer who caught the acting bug in his 20s. Over several decades, Rourke filled his time with acclaimed performances like BARFLY and THE WRESTLER, notorious behavior, forgettable direct-to-video movies, returns to the boxing ring, a Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance, and ongoing physical transformation. Strap on the gloves and find out “WTF Happened to Mickey Rourke!”

Mickey Rourke

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions and actors/actresses that were "hot" one minute and gone the next. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, many films had such behind the scenes issues that we will discuss in our shows. We'll also delve into the lives of some Hollywood folk who seemed to have disappeared after striking it big at first. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To....?!

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Mickey Rourke

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