MICKEY ROURKE VS. KURT COBAIN

Last month I told you about the excellent new film, The Wrestler. The full trailer has been released now and features the scene in which the characters played by Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei bemoan the loss of hair metal to grunge. At the screening I attended, this scene got a HUGE laugh – pretty odd, considering if anyone in the crowd was a Ratt fan, they didn’t look it.

Anyways, check out the trailer below. Mickey Rourke is thanked in the liner notes of Chinese Democracy and apparently talked Axl Rose into letting the filmmakers use the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” for free, so I reckon this little moment of Cobain bashing holds a special place in Rourke’s heart.

The Wrestler opens December 17. See it, if it’s not too artsy for you.

-AR