Mickey Rourke, now officially more scar tissue than skin, is continuing his personal mission to insult all of the people of the world. Despite his career being on the up since his incredible turn in 'Sin City' it appears that the star is not a happy bunny inside, recently revealing that he contemplated suicide and even told his pet dog what he was thinking. No news on whether the pooch tried to talk him out of it, by the way.

Last month he threatened to beat up a reporter, claiming that the man was a "fucking faggot" and echoing views he expressed in 2006 in Time Out when he declared that he often used the word 'faggot' and if "somebody has a problem with that, they can kiss my fuckin' ass", which rather seems to be missing the point.

 

Mickey was out in LA on Tuesday night, looking, as usual, like a shaven and greased scrotum when a polite young Asian man asked to pose with him for a picture. Mickey agreed, but three times the young man's companion was unable to work the camera, clicking away like an arthritic hip. Then Mickey got miffed.

 

"You're Asian, you're supposed to be able to take pictures."

 

Just a few steps away from Krusty the Clown in 'The Simpsons' and his "Me so solly!" stage act in terms of ethnic sensitivity. So, who's the next minority in line for a bashing from Rourke? My money's on a German/Indian/Canadian photographer, a nice easy target for a faux-Irish actor/boxer with a face like a blind cobbler's thumb.

 

by Ian McShane