Mickey Rourke Says Robert De Niro “Refused to Work” with Him on ‘The Irishman’ and Had Him Removed

[hewontgo]

Mickey Rourke claims he was fired from #TheIrishman because Robert De Niro "refused to work" with him: https://t.co/bX5vIwR829 pic.twitter.com/b5pJrX9Tq0
- Decider (@decider) September 18, 2019
Rourke was originally being considered for a role in Scorsese’s Netflix film, but his longstanding feud with star Robert De Niro got in the way. He and De

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[josiefier]

Oh Mickey, why must you be like this?

[scriptedending]

"so every time I look him in the face I look right through his asshole.”

~Poetry~

But damn, 22 years is a long time to feud!

[holyfrijoles_2]

lmao UM

UPDATE: #TheIrishman producers and casting director say, “Mickey Rourke was never asked to be in the film nor was he ever even thought of, discussed or considered to be in the movie.” https://t.co/b3ktiHPcpZ
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) September 18, 2019

[lithiumflower]

nor was he ever even thought of

Damn ya'll.

[scriptedending]

lol, damn! they really did not want anyone to get the wrong idea.

[turtleisland]

Lmao well, damn.

[sestiere]

Now I don’t look up to him no more; I look through him.

damn that's deep

[msbombtastic]

I kind of like the intensity of this lmao

[dance_electro]

Same!!! I’m feeling the fuck out of this. Giggling.

[msbombtastic]

Lmao and re reading it is even funnier, and the lack of fucks given

[potatoehead25]

Old people’s feuds are interesting since they don’t care about nothing no more