Rourke’s Agent Rehabilitates Bad-Boy Actor Into Oscar Contender
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Mickey Rourke doesn’t have the best-actor Golden Globe that he won last week for “The Wrestler.” It graces the otherwise unadorned office of the agent he thanked in his acceptance speech, David Unger.
“I was so surprised, so moved,” Unger, 37, said in an interview yesterday, recalling the mention by Rourke. “I couldn’t believe what he was saying up there. Then, when he came back to the table, he said, ‘I want you to have this.’”