![]() When Rourke and his aging wrestler pals show up for an autograph session, with their scars, prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs, they’re truly the walking wounded-they look like a squadron of bedraggled Vietnam vets. But like Aronofsky’s earlier ‘Requiem for a Dream,’ the film really has the soul of a ‘70s picture -it’s about lost souls and beautiful losers. The movie is loaded with cheesy ‘80s rock (think Ratt, Poison or Motley Crue), which blares out of Rourke’s dinged-up van and the strip club where his friend Cassidy (Marisa Tomei) works as a pole dancer. With his shoulder-length dirty blond curls, a fake tan and a scarred body bulked up on cheap steroids, he looks less like Gorgeous George than the dissolute leader of an ‘80s hair band gone to seed. In Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler,’ Mickey Rourke is an over-the-hill grappler whose best days are way behind him. "I’m still just trying to believe that I’m here.This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. ![]() “This is so exciting," said wish kid Javier from the Central and Northern Florida chapter as WrestleMania got underway. For some, this wish trip also marked their first airline flights. Many of the wish kids are longtime WWE fans who were seeing their favorite WWE Superstars perform in-person for the first time. During the weekend, John Cena reached a milestone of his own, granting his 100th wish. ![]() They were treated to a fantastic weekend of private autograph signings, a pizza party at Universal Studios hosted by WWE Superstars John Cena, Chris Jericho, Mickey James and Mick Foley, a special fund-raising brunch held by the David Maus Foundation at which they were inducted into the WWE Make-A-Wish “Circle of Champions” by Raven-Symoné and Snoop Dogg, and, of course, were V.I.P. ![]() The Make-A-Wish kids, who have serious life-threatening illnesses, traveled from across the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland as the very special guests of WWE. WrestleMania® XXIV was a financial triumph for World Wrestling Entertainment®, but, more importantly, a triumph of the human spirit for the 50 Make-A-Wish kids and their families who attended WrestleMania as part of WWE’s biggest wish granting event ever with the Make–A-Wish Foundation. ![]()
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