[Int.] Did Mickey Rourke take steroids?
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Did Mickey Rourke take steroids?
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) like other actors made one of the most dramatic body transformations that I’ve ever seen in his recent movie The Wrestler. Were the hulking muscles built all through hard work and dedication or did Mickey Rourke use anabolic steroids? Look at the pictures we have of their dramatic body transformations and judge for yourself.
Before I go into that though, I’d like to begin with a little background on Mickey Rourke.
Rourke was one of the biggest stars of the 1980’s after his roles in films like Nine ½ Weeks, Wild Orchid, Angel Heart, and Diner. None of these films would go down as blockbusters, but they all did fairly well and gave Rourke the onscreen time he needed to display his acting talents and become an 80’s sex symbol as well. Of course this was before he made the decision to go back to boxing in 1991. Rourke had boxed throughout his teenage years and chose to go back to the sport at age 39 because he said he had no respect for himself as an actor.
The decision to turn pro as a boxer would be a disastrous one for Mickey Rourke. But the disaster didn’t come from his record as he won 6 fights and fought to a draw in his other two bouts. Instead, the disaster was the fact that he suffered numerous injuries such as a broken nose, ribs, toes, a split tongue, compressed cheekbone, and short term memory loss. By the time Rourke got back to acting, he had to have reconstructive face surgery done and was barely recognizable due to the poor plastic surgery performed on him.
It would be years before Rourke ever landed another prominent role and it wasn’t until The Wrestler that people have begun to think Rourke has regained his star power. Of course getting back to this point was hell and hell was culminated by what he had to do to fill the role of Randy “The Ram” Robinson. To play Robinson, Rourke had to not only undergo 4 months of intense wrestling practice, but he also had to bulk up from 192 pounds to 245.
Now you can definitely put on 41 pounds in six months time, but it’s most likely not going to be muscle. After all, this is an average of almost two pounds of muscle gained per week and it’s definitely hard to continue this type of gain over a 6 month period naturally. And, when you see Rourke in The Wrestler, it’s pretty clear from his cut physique that he wasn’t packing on fat during this time period.
Even more interesting is that Rourke is 56 years old which makes it seem impossible that he could perform the feat of adding 43 muscular pounds in just 6 months time. And going beyond just Rourke and Jackman, there have been plenty of other dramatic Hollywood body transformations from actors like Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, and Sylvester Stallone packing on huge amounts of muscles in short amounts of time.
The truth is though that I could care less if these actors are using steroids in order to look the part. In fact, I encourage it because I want to see these people fill the roles they were meant to as much as the next guy. However, I think that it’s a huge double standard when the media ignores the possibility of movie stars using steroids when the sport of bodybuilding is chastised for juicing.
What’s more is the question of whether or not the law holds stars in a different regards from you and I since we would be going to jail for getting caught with roids. In the meantime, Sylvester Stallone gets away with a fine from the Australian government after getting caught with 41 vials of HGH in his suitcase.
I guess the answer lies in the fact that people don’t really care as much about actors juicing because they are entertainers. As long as an actor can captivate an audience and fit the role they’re meant to, nobody cares how they got to that point. Even so, I truly believe that there are some Hollywood stars using steroids in order to get the physique they need for a role and I’ll definitely be watching for more suspected cases in the future.
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