Did you enjoy Iron Man 2? If so, you’re probably not Mickey Rourke.

Speaking to Coming Soon, the 59-year-old actor laid into Iron Man creator Marvel, accusing the company of pushing Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau to include “a one-dimensional villain.” Full Rourke rant ahead:

“I try to find the moments where [the villain is] not that cliched, evil bad guy and it’s a big fight. I had it on ‘Iron Man’ and they won. It was going to work for Marvel and them breaking [Jon] Favreau’s balls and wanting just a one-dimensional villain. The performance and all the things that I tried to bring to it end up on the f—ing floor. That can cause you not to care as much. To not to want to put that effort in to try and make it an intelligent bad guy or a bad guy who is justified in what his reasons are.”

Does he have a point, People Who Have Seen Iron Man 2? (I’m yet to see the film.)

In other Rourke news, the actor is still uncertain about whether he’ll return for Sin City 2. News emerged last week that the follow-up to 2005′s Sin City has been written and includes the character of Marv, whom Rourke played in the first film. Will he be retaining the role? Well, it would help if there was less make-up involved …

“It depends. It depends on how bad they want me. You feel me? I did [like the character], but I’m claustrophobic, so the the hours of makeup — You have to keep it on for about 13 or 14 hours a day. It’s latex and glue and that stuff that gets my eyes all red…”

For me, Rourke’s involvement seems sort of vital. How about you, reader?

[Via Coming Soon]

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Mickey Rourke has enjoyed a great movie career that has increased in popularity with his comeback over the last several years, however the actor is still spend thrifty, at least by Hollywood standards, downgrading this week from his 5,000 square foot loft in Manhattan to a more “modest” apartment in the West Village.

The actors new three-bedroom apartment still comes in at a hefty cost of $13,500, however that price is down form $19,800 from his old pad.

Along with the bedrooms the residence offers three bathrooms, a fireplace and a little garden area for his chihuahua dogs.

The property is a duplex would seems like an odd choice for Rourke who is already nursing an injured knee and has admitted that he already needs help being pushed up stairs. The actor is trying to get back in shape to play Britain’s first openly gay rugby player an a yet-to-be-titled film.

Here are a few more photos from Rourke’s new pad:

After losing all his money when his last movie career fell apart I have to applaud Rourke for stepping back and taking responsibility for his money situation. Then again he might just want to party in the West Village, it’s always hard to tell with Mickey.

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The producers of Iron Man 2 have released the first shot of Mickey Rourke on set playing the character Whiplash.

USA Today notes that Whiplash sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one that Iron Man uses. “The technologies are definitely related,” director Jon Favreau told the paper. “That’s part of the core theme of the film.” The first image of the character shows Whiplash making an appearance at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix.

Iron Man 2 is due out in May 2010.

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Iron Man 2 is quickly turning into an A-List ensemble cast, with Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson both confirmed to join Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Samuel L. Jackson in the follow up to last years surprise hit.

Scarlett Johansson will play the Black Widow, a Russian spy. The role was originally going to Emily Blunt, who stepped aside due to her obligations to Gulliver’s Travels. A rep for Johansson said only that “Scarlett is thrilled to be a part of Iron Man.”

Mickey Rourke takes on the role of villian Whiplash. Fresh from his comeback in The Wrestler, Rourke is perfect for the role. The Whiplash character won’t be faithful to the comic series, instead being a combination of that character and the comic book character known as the Crimson Dynamo.

Iron Man 2 is slated for a May 2010 release.

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Responding to rumors that he was dating Courtney Love, Mickey Rourke categorically denied the story, but it’s how he does it that’s golden.

Rourke told reporters who asked him Thursday that he would “rather be on a deserted island with a gorilla!” than with Love.

The Mirror had claimed Rourke and Love have been dating for three weeks since a hook up at the Golden Globes in January.

“Courtney has quite a crush on Mickey and finds him utterly compelling,” a source told The Mirror. “They’ve known each other for years – she’s stuck by him through the good times and the bad. Now he’s back on the Hollywood A-list he’s gone up another notch in the desirability stakes. Let’s just say they didn’t stop at holding hands and a chaste peck on the cheek.”

TMZ has the video of Rourke making the comment here.

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Comeback kid Mickey Rourke, one of the few conservative leaning actors in Hollywood believes actors should shut up about politics, but apparently that rule doesn’t apply to him.

Rourke told GQ magazine that “Actors should shut up about politics, because they tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cozy up to some flavor-of-the-month liberal, you know?”

In the same interview he defends George W Bush, and talks about politics, which is a little hypocritical in itself, but then we find today that he’s featuring in a PETA campaign.

Now his choice of PETA campaign is actually a good one (as opposed to say sea kittens): desexing dogs to prevent unwanted puppies, but still, didn’t he say that actors shouldn’t be talking about politics?

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