Mickey Rourke
Pops Off in New ‘Nationwide Lampoon’ Flick
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Nationwide Lampoon’s Hollywood Hustle
Mickey Rourke is proving he can nonetheless play a badass on display screen … this time unloading a gun in a heated motion scene from the brand new movie, “Nationwide Lampoon’s Hollywood Hustle.”
In a brand new clip — obtained by TMZ — Rourke is seen saving the day throughout a shootout, blasting a rifle at a masked man and sending him tumbling off a drive-in film display screen.
Rourke additionally flexes his performing chops with an expletive-filled rant, railing in opposition to Hollywood and saying he doesn’t belief folks within the business as a result of they solely need to “blow smoke up your ass and steal your cash.”
The movie stars Rourke alongside Alec Baldwin, Danny Trejo, Tara Reid, Carrot Prime, and others — all enjoying exaggerated, fictionalized variations of themselves. The plot facilities on a film’s checking account immediately vanishing, placing everybody’s careers on the road.
“Nationwide Lampoon” leans laborious into the real-life chaos lots of the stars have skilled –and the timing couldn’t be extra becoming for Rourke, who’s at present going through eviction from his L.A. rental dwelling and has been staying in a West Hollywood lodge.
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TMZ broke the story … Rourke’s supervisor has been urging him to take job affords which have been offered after followers raised practically $100K for him by GoFundMe. Up to now, Rourke has proven little curiosity, holding out for alternatives that pay nearer to $200K per day.
Rourke filmed “Nationwide Lampoon” in 2024, and many has occurred since … however the film might be pivotal in placing him again on the map because the main man he needs to be.
