Besides "Iron Man 2," Mickey Rourke has signed on to star in the indie "Passion Plays." It's the fifth project he's agreed to in the past three months.
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<p>Is Mickey Rourke making up for lost time? It appears so. Today, it was revealed Rourke finally convinced Marvel Studios to pay Hollywood's comeback kid a higher salary to play the villain in Jon Favreau's "Iron Man 2." Now, according to <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i8fb6ec824ccd92fe971bb05650cab885" target="_self">the Hollywood Reporter</a>, Rourke is attaching himself to yet another project, "Passion Plays."<br /><br />Written and directed by Mitch Glazer ("The Recruit"), the indie financed flick's storyline is being kept under wraps, but the film will have a prominent female lead cast opposite Rourke.<br /><br />Since gaining universal acclaim for "The Wrestler," Rourke has signed onto a number of pictures including Sylvester Stallone's<a href="../2009-1-7-rourke-reunites-with-stallone-in-expendables" target="_self"> "The Expendables,"</a> the Walter Hill thriller <a href="../2009-2-8-mickey-rourke-takes-out-a-hit-on-st-vincent" target="_self">"St. Vincent"</a> and the Indian gangster movie "Broken Heroes." He'll also appear later this year in Senator Entertainment's "The Informers" which received some of the worst reviews of January's Sundance Film Festival.<br /><br />No word on when "Passion" will go into production, but it would have to occur after "Iron Man 2" completes shooting early this summer.</p>
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Mickey Rourke signs for 'Passion Plays' as well as 'Iron Man 2'
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