Mickey Rourke hints he took steroids for his role in 'The Wrestler'

Mickey Rourke hints he took steroids for his role in 'The Wrestler'

Mickey Rourke has hinted he took steroids for his role in 'The Wrestler'.
The actor has revealed he piled on the pounds for his role as Randy 'The
Ram' Robinson in the acclaimed movie - which earned him a Golden Globe award - by eating up to seven meals a day and training hard
with an Israeli cage fighter.
But Rourke, 56, has suggested he had additional help creating his hulking
physique with banned body-building substances.
When asked if he used steroids to bulk up, Rourke told Men's Journal
magazine: "When I'm a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler."
The twice-divorced actor recently admitted he could empathise with his
character's struggles because of his own turbulent life.
Rourke - who spent 15 years in the Hollywood wilderness - said: "Randy has
been in the twilight of his career for several years. He thinks he has one
more game in him - one more shot. He wants to come back again.
"I know what that feels like. Randy was somebody 20 years ago and so was
Mickey Rourke. When you used to be a somebody and you aren't anybody
anymore, you live in what my doctor calls a state of shame. Hollywood is a
very unforgiving place, but I took a nosedive all by myself, no one pushed
me."