
Since Mickey Rourke made his triumphant return to the limelight on the wings of his widely-acclaimed (and deservedly so) performance in
The Wrestler, everyone--including those too young to have been aware of the actor during
his original heyday--knows the story of
his long, hard fall from respectability.
But now Mickey's
back! He
won a Golden Globe (and
thanked his dogs in his acceptance speech)! He's a favorite to win the Oscar for Best Actor! He
didn't win that category's SAG Award on Sunday, but that's okay!
You know what's
not okay, though?
The fact that--a couple of hours before Mickey Rourke lost the aforementioned prize to Sean Penn--the Oscar-nominated star of
The Wrestler announced that he will be participating in "Wrestlemania 25".
You shouldn't do that, Mickey. You
really shouldn't do that.
At the very least, you shouldn't have announced that you were
planning on doing that
before the Academy Awards...'cause it is sure to cost you some votes.
Exactly
how many votes remains to be seen, but--god forbid...it might be just enough to greenlight
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Ride Again.
UPDATE (1/28): Defamer has the exclusive that Mickey, per my suggestion,
will not be doing that. A wise choice on his part.