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Is "The Wrestler" a Juicer?
[SIZE=-1]NBC Washington, DC[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]If sportswriters wont vote suspected steroid-using players into the Baseball Hall of Fame, will the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put an Oscar in the bulky hands of possible juicer?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The potential collision of the other national pastime the movies and steroids reared its ugly, no-necked head in a Mens Journal profile of Mickey Rourke, who just won the Best Actor Golden Globe for his comeback role as a demon-plagued, washed-up grappler in The Wrestler, and is considered a strong Academy Award contender.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Rourke reportedly packed on 35 pounds of muscle for the part, eating seven meals daily and working out twice a day with a former Israeli cage fighter. But when journalist Amy Wallace asked the 52-year-old actor if he also used steroids or human growth hormone, "he smiles conspiratorially and says, 'When Im a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler.' [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But will the steroid talk hurt Rourke with Oscar voters or could it actually help him?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Rourke arc brash, talented newcomer to obnoxious washout to wise-and-wizened triumphant return -- could prove irresistible to movie folks who love a good backstory, and see parallels to the actors life and career in the film.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Maybe some critics will consider the possibility of steroid use as the ultimate method actors devotion sacrificing the body for art. And, of course, Hollywoods never been exactly holier-than-thou on drug use, at least when it comes to the recreational variety.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]As Rourke showed in The Wrestler, America loves its anti-heroes as much as its heroes in these times, maybe even more.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]NBC Washington, DC[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]If sportswriters wont vote suspected steroid-using players into the Baseball Hall of Fame, will the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put an Oscar in the bulky hands of possible juicer?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The potential collision of the other national pastime the movies and steroids reared its ugly, no-necked head in a Mens Journal profile of Mickey Rourke, who just won the Best Actor Golden Globe for his comeback role as a demon-plagued, washed-up grappler in The Wrestler, and is considered a strong Academy Award contender.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Rourke reportedly packed on 35 pounds of muscle for the part, eating seven meals daily and working out twice a day with a former Israeli cage fighter. But when journalist Amy Wallace asked the 52-year-old actor if he also used steroids or human growth hormone, "he smiles conspiratorially and says, 'When Im a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler.' [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But will the steroid talk hurt Rourke with Oscar voters or could it actually help him?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Rourke arc brash, talented newcomer to obnoxious washout to wise-and-wizened triumphant return -- could prove irresistible to movie folks who love a good backstory, and see parallels to the actors life and career in the film.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Maybe some critics will consider the possibility of steroid use as the ultimate method actors devotion sacrificing the body for art. And, of course, Hollywoods never been exactly holier-than-thou on drug use, at least when it comes to the recreational variety.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]As Rourke showed in The Wrestler, America loves its anti-heroes as much as its heroes in these times, maybe even more.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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