Darren Aronofsky is taking on The Wrestler

[Dark Donnie]

I just signed up to be an extra

 

[Cinemaman]

I just signed up to be an extra

Hope you're not kiddin'

 

[Dark Donnie]

Hope you're not kiddin'

Nothing to big, you get to sit and watch them film a match.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I just signed up to be an extra

 

[Luchastyle]

I just signed up to be an extra

that's awesome. and i looked at the site, and i got chills.

the last filming is at an ROH show :heart::heart::heart:

is it me or does this movie get better and better every time we hear something new?

either try to get off a couple videos =) digicam over cell phone is preferable, as it's better quality ^_^ or if you can't get videos at least try to let us know what went down.

i envy you. i really do.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Im just waiting for confirmation, it's on the 14th and 15th so i'd be able to get there. The drive is like 30 minutes.

 

[Cinemaman]

Nothing to big, you get to sit and watch them film a match.

The fact that you're taking part in making of such movie as this one is already something

 

[Luchastyle]

did some searching on the youtube for some more videos. here's one from his necro match. the way the crowd chants, it sounds like he is playing necro in the movie.


and this user has 6 very low quality cell phone videos of filming from a different show. once again the ram uses welcome to the jungle as his music. so he appears to have won this match as well. in video 6 you see a little bit of aronofsky and the actors going through spots. http://youtube.com/user/Rourketrade

nothing that interesting REALLY on those cell phones vids. but it's something

but the stuff in that necro video is kind of cool. they do the "boo" "yay" chants. which i love. so check those out =D

 

[Dark Donnie]

Was this posted?

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[War Party]

I posted it a few pages back. Still awesome though.

 

[Luchastyle]

yeah. those two videos from the necro match are the best looks we have at the thing. there are other videos from the czw event. not as interesting though

 

[Gotham]

I love how Rourke takes the bloodied wrestler down.

 

[Luchastyle]

and what's funny is that that's after the match is over.

 

[Gotham]

and what's funny is that that's after the match is over.

Ha! The man has class.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Just got this through Email

If you're receiving this, it's because YOU ROCK.

Whether you're just joining the bandwagon or you've been with us since the beginning, our most exciting event is coming up this weekend.

On March 14th and 15th (Fri/Sat) we will be teaming up with RING OF HONOR Wrestling to film MICKEY ROURKE wrestle in the final match of the movie.

The event will be at

The Baker Theatre
41 West Blackwell Street
Dover, NJ 07801

Friday March 14th, 2008- 8:00pm belltime
Saturday March 15th, 2008- 7:30pm belltime

 

[Gallagher]

Awwww, I don't rock

 

[Gallagher]

edit: Double post

 

[Hunter Rider]

Congrats Donnie.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Congrats Donnie.

Thanks, its a little farther then I thought, around 2 hours

 

[Van Petrol]

This film is shaping up to be brill. I've alway pondered the idea of a film that portrayed the real world of wrestling as it is, and this looks like this is that film.

Can't wait!

 

[Luchastyle]

Donnie, I hope you'll have spoilers for us tonight or tomorrow =)

 

[Dark Donnie]

Donnie, I hope you'll have spoilers for us tonight or tomorrow =)

I couldn't get up there tonight, the drive was to far and I had work till around 5:00. Hopefully I get there tommorow.

 

[Luchastyle]

that's cool. thanks for the update

and even if you don't make it, hopefully there will be some leaks from other places. maybe the ROH message boards, although i dont go there.

 

[Dark Donnie]

that's cool. thanks for the update

and even if you don't make it, hopefully there will be some leaks from other places. maybe the ROH message boards, although i dont go there.

I didn't really realise how far it was till I map quested it I'll try fellas, if not i'll search for some photos.

 

[Luchastyle]

cool. i'm hopin for a report or video from someone. i wonder who is playing the guy he is wrestling. it's the big finale match and i'm curious who it is, and what happens



update: the most info i could find on the ROH message boards was this

Spoiler

ernist the cat miller DID indeed play "The Ayatollah, the beast from the middle east." guess he was a lot bigger. i imagine he's a mix between abdullah the butcher and the iron sheik. closest thing to a description was "looked real porky. didn't realize it was him at first. thought it was ving rhames." which is an odd description to hear of the cat. didn't say what happened in the match or anything like that. they did briefly mention that for some of the filming "mickey rourke was doing some highflying stuff." i think the fans were getting really tired of the filming. they didnt get any intermissions. so that's all the info i have found as of now

nothing too major, but just incase people didn't wanna see it, i put it in spoiler tags.

update 2: stuff is still comin in. a cool quote that was just posted from "guesswhatidid" on the ROH boards:

I didn't realize it was a stunt double when they filmed the first parts of Randy the Ram Vs. The Ayatollah and I thought Rourke was actually a good wrestler.

Hell, Rourke did do a plancha though later in the night...

so apparently rourke actually did a plancha not a stunt double. i'm interested in this match and this movie a lot. i wonder how the matches will come across. very interesting stuff.