Brendan Foley finds five offbeat casting choices that paid off, including Mickey Rourke, who’s star power had essentially fizzled out prior to his appearance as Marv in the 2005 neo-noir thriller Sin City:
“As Marv, he brings all his own real-world suffering to bear, giving the character a gravitas that Frank Miller’s hyper-stylized plotting and dialogue can’t summon. Even under what looks like fifty pounds of make-up, Rourke communicates the unbreakable dignity of the big lug.”
“As Marv, he brings all his own real-world suffering to bear, giving the character a gravitas that Frank Miller’s hyper-stylized plotting and dialogue can’t summon. Even under what looks like fifty pounds of make-up, Rourke communicates the unbreakable dignity of the big lug.”
Of Michael Keaton’s Batman, Foley notes:
“Keaton was the first person to grasp that Batman is insane and that the audience should, at least in part, be freaked out by the guy.”
(Image: Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City, Dimension Films)
(Image: Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City, Dimension Films)
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