Mickey Rourke To Get Gangster In ‘Mona Lisa'

Mickey Rourke will star in a remake of the 1986 gangster film, "Mona Lisa," Variety reported.

The "Wrestler" actor will play an ex-con who serves as chauffeur for a high-class escort, a role Eva Green is reportedly in talks for.

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"Kids" director Larry Clark will helm the film, which he is also writing.

Filming is slated to begin in July.

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Mickey is currently filming "Iron Man 2" and has a number of other projects in the works, including Sylvester Stone's "The Expendables."

He became an awards season darling earlier this year after a long break from Hollywood thanks to his starring performance as Randy "The Ram" Robinson in "The Wrestler," a role that notched him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

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