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Wanna see Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky in the ring? Footage from the shooting of THE WRESTLER is here!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The news of Marisa Tomei's casting hit last night and then today I get a nice little nugget from a reader who attended a wrestling match taken over by Aronofsky and crew for their new movie. Here's the report and the footage! Rourke looks as badass as I expected him to. Can't wait for this one! Enjoy!

Thought I would send you some footage of The Wrestler from this past Saturday being filmed at the CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling) show in South Philadelphia in what was the legendary ECW arena. Three of my friends and I attended and we seemed to be the only ones there who knew who Darren Aronofsky was and who got goosebumps from Mickey Rourke entering in full wrestling attire to Sweet Child 'O Mine by Guns & Roses (ITS THE MOTORCYCLE BOY!!!...ITS FUCKING MARV!!!...THE MAN HAS BATTLED VAN DAMME & DENNIS RODMAN IN THE COLOSSEUM!!!...COME ON PEOPLE!!!). For the most part the crowd was chanting boring between takes or "Fuck Hollywood" and in fact the March 8th CZW show has been titled 'Lights, Camera, CZW...FUCK HOLLYWOOD!". They Filmed the entrances of Rourke's character Randy "The Ram" Robinson and of the Necro Butcher (who actually is a fan favorite in CZW but in the movie is supposed to be a villain that we were to boo with all the energy we could muster to which the hardcore CZW fans decided this is bullshit and there was a small contigent that cheered him because even though it was just for the movie they weren't going to "sell-out"), a bit where The Necro Butcher and Rourke's stunt double brawl in the audience, and the end of the match which is the footage I have sent. At one point while Aronofsky was setting up the in ring action and the crowd was being a bit restless my friend who was filming yelled "We love your Meth commercials" to which Aronofsky smiled and gave us the finger and to which some fans in front of us yelled "YEAH!!! METH!!! WHOO!!!". I would just like to clarify we really do love his Meth Commercials and there was no sarcasm in that statement. Anyway, thought you would enjoy the footage and it seems this movie is going to be something special and not The Burly Man 2: Electric Boogaloo. The footage was shot by mi amigo Officer Bloom and you can call me Captain Ultimo.






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Sounds like a MENSA meeting.
by Rev. Slappy
Feb 12th, 2008
11:02:05 PM
second again!
by mmaddox3
Feb 12th, 2008
11:06:07 PM
second again!
by mmaddox3
Feb 12th, 2008
11:06:09 PM
thats two articles in a row bitches
by mmaddox3
Feb 12th, 2008
11:06:31 PM
Fake Wrestling...
by leobloom
Feb 12th, 2008
11:06:54 PM
Hardcore CZW fans
by otm shank
Feb 12th, 2008
11:07:57 PM
Proof positive....
by Bobo_Vision
Feb 12th, 2008
11:08:44 PM
I didn't know spastics...
by Tourist
Feb 12th, 2008
11:10:09 PM
"Sweet Child 'O Mine"???
by Shermdawg
Feb 12th, 2008
11:15:07 PM
"Boooooring"
by Tourist
Feb 12th, 2008
11:15:22 PM
Attn: Tech Geeks, please read.
by SmarkJobber
Feb 12th, 2008
11:31:29 PM
say what you want about rourke
by bacci40
Feb 12th, 2008
11:38:21 PM
No, bacci40
by comedian_x
Feb 12th, 2008
11:43:09 PM
i cant help but be reminded of "Barton Fink"...
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Feb 12th, 2008
11:49:23 PM
Where's Zandig?
by HannaGrahm
Feb 12th, 2008
11:49:31 PM
I think they are using an Arri.
by Tourist
Feb 12th, 2008
11:59:40 PM
Bobo_Vision
by RAVENL0RD
Feb 13th, 2008
12:03:17 AM
Smarkjobber
by Munro Kelly
Feb 13th, 2008
12:18:21 AM
More Marisa Tomei please
by Mr Spork
Feb 13th, 2008
12:33:57 AM
Aronofsky
by BrightEyes
Feb 13th, 2008
12:40:52 AM
OH MY GOD, IT'S MICKEY ROURKE'S MUSIC!!!
by Mr Spork
Feb 13th, 2008
12:45:32 AM
DAMN that was loud
by Aethyrr
Feb 13th, 2008
01:04:41 AM
A decent wrestling movie?
by Pops Freshemeyer
Feb 13th, 2008
01:06:10 AM
Shermdawg
by Captain Ultimo
Feb 13th, 2008
01:07:47 AM
Don't have talkbacks for this movie...
by UMAGA
Feb 13th, 2008
01:26:35 AM
re: umaga
by necgray
Feb 13th, 2008
01:35:26 AM
Lots of peeps had entrance and exit songs.
by Pops Freshemeyer
Feb 13th, 2008
01:35:47 AM
Is Hacksaw Jim Duggan in this?
by Queerbait
Feb 13th, 2008
01:46:55 AM
the wrestler
by werewolfbynight
Feb 13th, 2008
02:19:07 AM
We don't put Wallace Beery in some fruity picture about a guy wr
by InspectorDoppler
Feb 13th, 2008
03:14:54 AM
...esting with his soul!
by InspectorDoppler
Feb 13th, 2008
03:15:21 AM
Pro Wrestling: The Movie
by RAVENL0RD
Feb 13th, 2008
03:18:19 AM
It was Darren's Birthday too
by gottaeat
Feb 13th, 2008
04:56:16 AM
Ravenlord, A Winner is You!
by Pops Freshemeyer
Feb 13th, 2008
05:01:18 AM
Aronofsky should do 1984!
by Knuckleduster
Feb 13th, 2008
06:20:06 AM
E-C-DUB E-C-DUB
by johnyaztec
Feb 13th, 2008
07:41:12 AM
Knuckleduster
by Officer Bloom
Feb 13th, 2008
04:23:09 PM
Knuckleduster
by Scrolly
Feb 13th, 2008
06:10:25 PM
this looks like it will be cool, i want to see it...
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Feb 13th, 2008
06:33:44 PM
Knuckleduster
by Officer Bloom
Feb 14th, 2008
01:39:05 AM
JimmyJoe RedSky
by Officer Bloom
Feb 14th, 2008
01:49:15 AM
Thanks, Bloom
by Knuckleduster
Feb 14th, 2008
06:40:43 AM
TWINO
by Hellhound
Feb 14th, 2008
09:09:57 AM

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