First Look: Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler
Posted on Friday, February 8th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Above is our first look at Mickey Rourke in character Randy “The Ram” Robinson, an aging professional wrestler who is told he can never wrestle again. Click on the image above to enlarge.
Over the course of two days, Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For a Dream) shot some scenes for his upcoming film The Wrestler in the Hasbrouck Heights training club. The WXW Website reports that Rourke filmed scenes in the ring in front of WXW live crowds, and behind the scenes in the locker room. Afa the Wild Samoan is apparently Rourke’s trainer on the film, and was at ringside for the shooting.
