Mickey Rourke’s career has spanned more than four decades. During that time, he’s won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA, earned an Oscar nomination, and starred in movies that have crossed close to $2 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n
After leaving acting behind in the early 90s to pursue his boxing career, Rourke later made a comeback to mainstream Hollywood roles with Sin City, and carried that momentum into movies like The Wrestler, Iron Man 2, and The Expendables. He’s since starred in mostly direct-to-DVD fare, and now appears to have run into significant money issues.<\/p>\n
According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the 73-year-old actor has approved the launch of a\u00a0GoFundMe<\/a> to try to raise the $59,100 he owes in unpaid rent for his Los Angeles home.<\/p>\n The page, titled “Support Mickey to Prevent Eviction,” urges Rourke’s fans to “help Mickey Rourke stay in his home.”<\/p>\n “Mickey Rourke is currently facing a very difficult and urgent situation: he is at risk of being evicted from his home,”\u00a0the GoFundMe description explains. “Life doesn\u2019t always move in a straight line, and despite everything Mickey has given through his work and his life, he is now dealing with a challenging financial moment that has put his housing at risk.”<\/p>\n The fundraiser will pay for “immediate housing-related expenses and prevent eviction,” and “The goal is to give Mickey some stability and peace of mind during a stressful time so he can stay in his home and have the space to get back on his feet. Any donation, no matter the size, will make a real difference.”<\/p>\n Liya-Joelle Jones, a member of Rourke’s management team, is running the GoFundMe and told the trade, “Mickey is going through a very difficult time right now, and it\u2019s been incredibly touching to see how many people care about him and want to help.”<\/p>\n Rourke was handed a three-day\u00a0eviction notice on December 18 for a house that he originally rented for $5,200 per month. That was later increased to $7,000. As we write this, the GoFundMe\u2014which has a $100,000 target\u2014has raised $1,750.\u00a0<\/p>\n At a time when many people are struggling to pay bills or buy groceries, it’s a lot to ask fans to club together and find nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent for a former Hollywood A-lister. The GoFundMe does, however, point out that Rouke has faced “health challenges, financial strain, and the quiet toll of being left behind” in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mickey Rourke’s career has spanned more than four decades. During that time, he’s won a Golden Globe Award…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,188555,75115,206,61284],"class_list":{"0":"post-388065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-iron-man-2","10":"tag-mickey-rourke","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-sin-city"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}