Mickey Rourke offered $1k for Scarface revival –
Mickey Rourke’s monetary troubles have taken another flip, with the Oscar-nominated actor now being offered a modest $1,000 cameo in an indie spin-off of Scarface as he faces eviction from his Los Angeles residence.
Director Eric Spade Rivas told TMZ that he prolonged the supply to Rourke for a two-minute look in his upcoming movie Scarface Resurrection, after studying the actor is struggling to pay hire.
Rivas said the scene can be fast and simple, however burdened that $1,000 was all he might supply as an impartial filmmaker. The news comes after Rourke was seen checking right into a resort in Los Angeles.
“Mickey deserves more,” Rivas admitted. “But it’s what I can do. I want to help.”
The movie, already in submit-manufacturing, stars Michael Musto, Roberta Pacino, and the late Ángel Salazar, who performed Chi Chi in the authentic Scarface.
Rivas beforehand solid Rourke in another project, The Duke of New York, in 2020, reportedly for $5,000.
Rourke later dropped out, however Rivas insisted there’s no lingering resentment.
“There’s no bad blood,” he said. “I feel bad for how things turned out and want to make it right.”
Rourke, 73, has not too long ago caught media consideration for more than just performing.
According to court docket paperwork, the actor is more than $59,000 behind on hire and was served a 3-day discover on December 18 to pay or vacate a 3-bed room Los Angeles property as soon as owned by novelist Raymond Chandler.
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Initially renting the home for $5,200 per thirty days, Rourke’s hire later elevated to $7,000. The property proprietor is in search of not only again hire however also lawyer charges and damages.
A good friend of Rourke’s launched a GoFundMe in December to boost $100,000 to assist the actor keep away from eviction.
The state of affairs has left followers involved about the health and properly-being of a as soon as-celebrated star. Taking to X, followers reacted to the news.
“He lives in a $7000 per month rental home. He can afford to downgrade, he just doesn’t want to,” one person penned.
Another person added, “I agree with the message 100%. Rourke is a narcissist who burned every bridge he had. Now he wants a handout? F**k that guy.”
“As someone who is homeless and was evicted 2 days BEFORE CHRISTMAS. F**K THIS GUY. I would have left the same comment but I dont have 5 bucks to leave a comment,” a 3rd penned.
Rourke beforehand starred in: Rumble Fish (1983), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Year of the Dragon (1985), 9½ Weeks (1986), Angel Heart (1987), Barfly (1987), and Johnny Handsome (1989).
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