He’s additionally had a long-running feud with Goodfellas icon, Robert De Niro – his co-star in 1997 film Angel Coronary heart.
In 2020, Rourke threatened the actor on Instagram, writing: “Hey Robert De Niro, that is proper I’m speaking to you, you huge f—— crybaby.
“A good friend of mine only in the near past advised me that a couple of months again you are quoted as saying to newspapers ‘Mickey Rourke’s a liar he talks all form of sh–.’
“Pay attention Mr.Powerful Man within the films, you are the first person who ever referred to as me a liar and it was in a newspaper.”
He signed the caption: “Mickey Rourke, as God is my witness.
“Let me let you know one thing, you punk a–, once I see you I swear to God on my Grandmother, on my brother and all my canine, I gonna embarrass you severely 100%.”