Playboy Interview: Mickey Rourke

February, 1987

Playboy Interview: Mickey RourkeQuick, name a Mickey Rourke movie. Let's see...he was the arsonist in "Body Heat," right? Small role, real intense? And he had a featured role in "Diner"--the popcorn scene, right? Now, what else? Oh, yeah, "9-1/2 Weeks," but that didn't stay in town long, did it? And yet...everyone seems to know who Mickey Rourke is. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known in the brand-name Eighties as an anomaly: a movie star without a hit movi...