One more year goes past, and with it another Oscars. The awards pretty much got handed out as expected. The British were the big winners on the night, with Slumdog Millionaire scooping, well, nearly everything, and Kate Winslett getting the Oscar at long last. But the biggest disappointment for me was that Mickey ‘the Madman’ Rourke didn’t pick up the Best Actor award which he was favourite for. For me though I was really looking forward to seeing Mickey Rourke crazy things up again with yet another slightly insane acceptance speech.
Ultimately it was Sean Penn, not Rourke, who got the gong for his excellent performance as Harvey Milk. Look – I am not saying that Sean Penn wasn’t worthy of the accolade. Quite the opposite – the role was a brilliant and important one. But am I the only one that just loves the crazyness that Mickey brings to the often staged and insincere PR stunt that is the Oscars?
While the female stars on the red carpet can turn up in all kinds of jaw dropping outfits, with men it’s usually the same old black tuxedo for everyone. Mickey Rourke, on the other hand, turned up in a messy looking white suit. Of course he also wore his trademark designer sunglasses which have become part of his image in the awards season. The silliest part was the amount of times he mentioned his dead pooch Loki, who passed away recently and whose image Rourke displayed on his necklace in tribute!
It was all gearing up to another unpredictable and slighlty mad acceptance speech if he’d have won. Who knows what he would have come out with on the stage, chihuahua memorial necklace, glasses and all? I’ll never forget his previous antics at the golden globes. And more recently he brought the house down at the independent Spirit awards the night before the Oscars – see the video above.
I suspect there was more than a little politics involved in denying Rourke the Oscar. Mickey himself had predicted he woudldn’t win because he’s pissed off too many hollywood hotshots in the past. “I stupidly said acting wasn’t a job for a real man. I threatened producers, raged at directors, forgot my agent’s name. I really burned my bridges. And a lot of people have long memories,” was the eerily accurate prediction from Mickey Rourke before the awards.
You gotta give it up for the Pennster however, his speech was certainly an interesting one. To begin with his thank-you’s were directed at the Academy, whom he referred to as “commie, homo-loving sons of guns”! Penn then pulled out a small scribbled bit of paper, donned his prescription glasses, and after a few thank-yous proceeded with an impassioned plea for equal rights for gays and against the ban on gay marriages. OK, perhaps not quite as impressive as Crazy Mickey might have been, however a lot more interesting than the usual acceptance speech drivel.
Meanwhile the Mickey Rourke comeback continues!
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