UMickey Rourke, omunye wabalingisi ukuthi Hollywood Ngangikhohliwe, kubonakala sengathi ngibuye kangcono kunakuqala. Ngemuva komsebenzi wakhe omuhle kakhulu I-Wrestler, futhi ukubonakala kwayo sekuvele kuqinisekisiwe ku I-Iron Man 2 kanye neSin City 2, lo mlingisi osemnkantshubomvu uzoba i-mobster in Amahhashi aphukile.
Ifilimu, ezomaka i Ukuqala kweHollywood komenzi wefilimu waseNdiya uVidhu Vinod ChopraKuzoba yifilimu yezigelekeqe okungaziwa okuningi ngayo, njengoba iphrojekthi isaqala. Chopra ngokwakhe wayephethe ukubhala umbhalo kanye nokuxhumana URourke ukukunikeza indima ehamba phambili: "Ngahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu ngokudlala kwakhe ku-Wrestler, futhi ngangifuna ukuba naye kule movie." BRoken Horses izokhiqizwa ngu Ukuthembela Izithombe Ezinkulu, inkampani yamafilimu evela mumbaieduze kwe UMark Johnson ozoba umdidiyeli omkhulu. Ukuqopha kuzokwenzeka eNew Mexico naseNew York.
Eminyakeni yakhe ye-52, Mickey Rourke ekugcineni ukhombisa lokho akwaziyo futhi impilo imamatheka kuye. Oshicilelweni lwakamuva lwe Ama-Global Globes, ube nelungelo lokuwina indondo njenge umlingisi ohamba phambili, ekhasethi ayiqondise UDarren Aronofsky.
Ngo-2009, umlingisi angabonakala futhi The Expendables, ibhayisikobho eqondiswe ngu USylvester Stallone, lapho azohlanganyela khona iphosta UJason Statham, uJet Li, uForest Whitaker noBen Kingsley.