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Out with Cage and in with Marv! Darren Aronofsky's THE WRESTLER just got more interesting!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Original, Nicholas Cage was going to topline Darren Aronofsky's next flick THE WRESTLER, but this morning came news that not only was Cage not in the film anymore, but Mickey Rourke has signed on to play Randy "The Ram" Robinson.

I certainly buy Rourke as an older wrestler who gets back in the ring for one more ROCKY BALBOAesque shot at glory more than Nicholas Cage. In fact, wasn't Roarke a boxer?

I don't mean to shit on Cage. I actually like him as an actor, but in this role I think Rourke is ten times more interesting in the role. What about you?


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I loved the
by commiepinko
Nov 12th, 2007
03:01:29 PM
Fountain
by commiepinko
Nov 12th, 2007
03:01:56 PM
that was weird
by commiepinko
Nov 12th, 2007
03:02:12 PM
Remember when Aronofsky was the next great thing?
by crackerfarmboy
Nov 12th, 2007
03:02:47 PM
I THINK HULK HOGAN WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THIS MOVIE
by Pound Sand
Nov 12th, 2007
03:03:54 PM
Aronofsky one of last indie directors
by #1 Zero
Nov 12th, 2007
03:10:51 PM
The grammar on the site today is amazing.
by AdrianVeidt
Nov 12th, 2007
03:15:20 PM
Barfly meets Rocky! Perfect
by Norseman1111
Nov 12th, 2007
03:16:36 PM
WRESTLER IN NAME ONLY!!!
by MemBirdman
Nov 12th, 2007
03:19:54 PM
So...are they looking for a...
by Darth Macchio
Nov 12th, 2007
03:20:05 PM
Boxoffice poison
by Live.
Nov 12th, 2007
03:20:23 PM
I'm intrigued . . .
by Nice Marmot
Nov 12th, 2007
03:23:34 PM
The collective attitude towards wrestling is ridiculous
by Sick Fixx
Nov 12th, 2007
03:25:57 PM
WHAT WHAT WHAT!
by Series7
Nov 12th, 2007
03:40:00 PM
what ?? Macho man didnt want the role ?
by JeanLuc Dickhard
Nov 12th, 2007
03:49:12 PM
Why did Cage leave the project?
by Wu Fang
Nov 12th, 2007
03:49:18 PM
Roarke?
by El Scorcho
Nov 12th, 2007
03:55:12 PM
Rouke
by lobsterone
Nov 12th, 2007
03:55:15 PM
Yep
by DKT
Nov 12th, 2007
03:55:16 PM
i mean Rourke.
by lobsterone
Nov 12th, 2007
03:55:58 PM
Mick Foley
by Sick Fixx
Nov 12th, 2007
04:17:15 PM
Wait .. what?
by DeadPanWalking
Nov 12th, 2007
04:38:27 PM
Wait .. what?
by DeadPanWalking
Nov 12th, 2007
04:38:28 PM
This is going to be the Any Given Sunday of wrestling
by Using_BrandX
Nov 12th, 2007
04:50:30 PM
Ughh....is this like real wrestling or fake wrestling
by jimmy_009
Nov 12th, 2007
04:52:49 PM
Cage was at Ring of Honor
by UMAGA
Nov 12th, 2007
04:59:33 PM
Maybe Cage asked Mitsuhara Misawa to elbow him.
by UMAGA
Nov 12th, 2007
05:01:20 PM
*Mitsuharu
by UMAGA
Nov 12th, 2007
05:01:43 PM
Roarke & Aronofki = I'm there
by hegele
Nov 12th, 2007
05:13:37 PM
I wanna see a talkbacker catch a "fake" beating
by liljuniorbrown
Nov 12th, 2007
05:46:27 PM
WHY DID HE DROP THE PROJECT??
by THE KNIGHT
Nov 12th, 2007
06:20:34 PM
While I support the change, Nic already started researching
by BigDogg
Nov 12th, 2007
06:29:04 PM
Wallace Beery - Wrestling Picture
by doodler
Nov 12th, 2007
06:46:42 PM

by P_dog
Nov 12th, 2007
08:29:20 PM
FINK!
by Sick Fixx
Nov 12th, 2007
09:31:20 PM

by Dickless
Nov 12th, 2007
11:22:20 PM
I was waiting for it
by joet88
Nov 13th, 2007
12:29:43 AM
Keep 'em comin
by joet88
Nov 13th, 2007
12:30:01 AM
Darren's mom is my third grade teacher.
by kujofbrooklyn
Nov 13th, 2007
12:37:02 AM
I saw Beyond The Mat.
by Tourist
Nov 13th, 2007
12:53:28 AM
Daronofsky's sports movie?...
by zed261
Nov 13th, 2007
02:03:33 AM
BigDogg
by Sick Fixx
Nov 13th, 2007
02:03:42 AM
"wasn't Roarke a boxer?"
by Alonzo Mosely
Nov 13th, 2007
02:13:52 AM
lol. I'm sorry but cage in tights heh..
by theonecalledshoe
Nov 13th, 2007
02:23:49 AM
so his streak of crappy movies will continue
by jivatmax
Nov 13th, 2007
02:28:30 AM
Rednecks?
by UMAGA
Nov 13th, 2007
02:33:06 AM
Aronofsky could film grannies knitting and i'd be there!
by FILMFUNK
Nov 13th, 2007
03:52:17 AM
Still think Aronofsky should do 1984.
by Knuckleduster
Nov 13th, 2007
05:53:46 AM
Cage is awesome!
by Spandau Belly
Nov 13th, 2007
07:03:46 AM
DIdnt he see Barton Fink?
by LORDRANDO
Nov 13th, 2007
10:04:15 AM

by MRJONZ72
Nov 13th, 2007
10:26:42 AM
nice
by gride9000
Nov 13th, 2007
11:19:42 AM
Cage would be good, Rourke's better
by Aswann
Nov 13th, 2007
12:06:55 PM
So, here we go with the traditional wrestling's fake talk
by Reel American Hero
Nov 13th, 2007
01:40:30 PM
If you smelll.....
by Reel American Hero
Nov 13th, 2007
01:41:36 PM
Barton Fink
by kibbled
Nov 13th, 2007
01:55:39 PM
I guess it's not considered art....
by liljuniorbrown
Nov 13th, 2007
02:09:51 PM
tired of "wrestling's fake"?? I'll give you a new one:
by Shigeru
Nov 13th, 2007
02:56:07 PM
Aronofsky's 1984
by PotSmokinAlien
Nov 13th, 2007
02:58:24 PM
"Wrestling's fucking stupid."
by UMAGA
Nov 14th, 2007
03:23:30 AM
Where's Noah?
by Constidine4Rorshach
Nov 14th, 2007
05:01:29 AM
I'm white
by Shigeru
Nov 14th, 2007
11:49:46 AM
oops got it wrong
by Shigeru
Nov 14th, 2007
11:51:32 AM
Atleast ROH....
by Subculture
Nov 14th, 2007
02:11:12 PM
jivatmax
by streakerfreak1983
Nov 14th, 2007
09:57:00 PM
Darren Aronofsky doing wrestling. Surreal sports
by CrichtonAstronut
Nov 15th, 2007
09:33:45 AM
And what I'd love to see is Aronofsky doing 100 Years of Solitud
by CrichtonAstronut
Nov 15th, 2007
09:39:13 AM

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