How can you not love Mickey Rourke? While talking to the UK's Daily Express, Robert Downey Jr(Who plays Tony Start in Iron Man 2..in case you weren't aware!) revealed to them animal lover Rourke's preferred method for getting into his heavier scenes in the upcoming Iron Man sequel...
SOME actors take a gruelling method acting route to prepare for gritty roles, other hardened thesps opt for a menthol stick to help provoke tears but for Mickey Rourke, all he needed was a photo of his dead pet.
Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr, 45, was baffled by the acting methods used by Oscar-nominated Rourke while working with him on Iron Man 2.
“He would have someone holding pictures of recently deceased pets off camera to make him feel sad or whatever for a scene,” says Robert. “It was all serious stuff. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
I'm sure Rourke's dog Loki who died last year was the pooch in question.
So, there you go. Thats it. Thats the article. I just thought it was sweet alright! [frick] OFF!
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