a conversation with mickey rourke. coming up. right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: pleased to welcome mickey rourke back to this program following his oscar nominated role in "the wrestler." the actor continues his run in films like "iron man 2" and "immortals" opens this weekend and a scene from "immortals." >> does he know of my rage? does he know that i only live to see his blood at the end of my sword? does he know he butchered my mother? >> he's he's seen your face. he knows. tavis: we stop t

mickey rourke. >> jimmy: what do you guys do? drinks then wrestle? >> jimmy: this woman claims to have had a problem with herman cain. that's a lot. that's five -- if this keeps up, it seems very unlikely he will be president, though it seems more and more likely that he will become governor of california. >> dicky: nancy grace. and music from wale. >> jimmy: >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with a message about national geographic channel's "knights of mayhem," the new six-part series about modern-day lancelots who participate in the dangerous world of full-contact, heavy armor competitive jousting. these guys break ribs, puncture lungs and chip names in maybe the roughest professional sport ever. >> yes, jimmy. they are very mean. >> jimmy: you've met the jousters? >> i did more than just meet them, jimmy. roll the tape. >> load the list with fresh meat. >> wow, i feel like king aborth. yeah! ah! jousting hurt my belly. i think there's a hole in it. oh, no, it's just my belly button. that tickles. >> dicky: watch "knights of mayhem" only on national

mickey rourke. >> jimmy: what do you guys do? drinks then wrestle? >> jimmy: this woman claims to have had a problem with herman cain. that's a lot. that's five -- if this keeps up, it seems very unlikely he will be president, though it seems more and more likely that he will become governor of california. >> dicky: nancy grace. and music from wale. >> dicky: nancy grace. and music frombig!e. big. big, big. big big big big? big big big big big. big big...big. ♪ big big big -big. -big! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ big big big -big big. -big! -big -big! -♪ big -big. -big big big. big big big. big big big. small. big big big big. all! [ male announcer ] the space-saving, eco-friendly, totally unique smart. unbig. uncar. ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with a message about national geographic channel's "knights of mayhem," the new six-part series about modern-day lancelots who participate in the dangerous world of full-contact, heavy armor competitive jousting. these guys break ribs, puncture lungs and chip names in maybe the roughest professional sport ev

this is "piers morgan tonight." >> mickey rourke has done more than most eever dream of. in the middle of this dazzling career, why go get beaten in the head? >> the facting wasn't fun anymore and i saw too much gray and the politics and mediocritiy of it wasn't something that i enjoyed. >> neither was boxing. >> i started out and got hurt and then i did acting. i had just done a film. i think i had done "angel heart ". it was a tough film but it had integrity and a really great director and actors in it and then i waited i think about a year or two or something like that for something that i could respect to do again and nothing came around and i bought a big i think i had done "angel heart ". it was a tough film but it had integrity and a really great director and actors in it and then i waited i think about a year or two or something like that for something that i could respect to do again and nothing came around and i bought a big house that, whole number and i had a big car and all that [ bleep ] and a big entourage that was useless. the next thing i know, the accoun

>> he's seen your face, he knows. >> so mickey rourke's new movie "the immortals." >> it was a short job for me. the director, i said who was directing the movie, i thought it had a lot of integrity the genre. and i looked at the director's reel. that's what blew me away. tarsem, the director, he had done this nike commercial with all these masks, derek jeter and all these other football players and the masks that he was using to experiment for this thing. i saw his other commercials. this guy can really shoot, i thought about the lighting and the technical stuff. the i'm going to do this genre, i would like somebody who is going to keep the integrity to it and do something different. >> talking of different and integrity. >> yeah. >> your next movie project is fascinating. you'll be playing gareth thomas, a welsh rugby player who came out as gay. in fact, the first really famous player in any sport in the world who was still playing who came out. for him to do what he did, was an astonishing act of courage. because it could have gone any way. as it turned out, he g

i was asking what every interviewer asked at the time, whatever happened to mickey rourke.hat went wrong? you looked at me and said i just made the biggest movie of my career. this is the one to bring me back. i didn't know to be sure to believe you. i hadn't seen it. but you had the absolute conviction that "the wrestler" was your comeback movie. boy, was it the comeback movie? >> i did the movie at a time when i still wasn't very bankable. and i really couldn't -- i wasn't getting jobs that easily. i was starting to work again, but nobody was putting big dollar on my head to do something. and my agent called me and told me about this young filmmaker, this director who -- i won't call you a son of a bitch, he sent me a text today. he's a real tough son of a bitch. he wants everybody to think he's a walk in the park to work with so he can attract the talent, but he's hard work. very talented. >> i imagine you're quite hard work, too. >> so i don't piss him off, they come around like darren every 30 year. he's the man. he's got a larger brain than most of us, he's very drive

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight, the most dangerous man in hollywood, mickey rourke. >> the director was a turned, and the material was not good. >> tell me what you really think, mickey. get off the fence. >> his life on the edge. >> i could blow it all in a heartbeat. >> and tonight for the first time he fires back at ex-wife carrie otis and the explosive charges in her new book. >> it's probably kind of like a little bit of sour grapes. you know, chasing the buck. and a delusional kind of narcissistic self-centered point of view. >> mickey rourke, no holds barred. and the original supermodel turned super mogul on her naughty past. >> what makes you think that i was a nice little girl? >> love at first sight with rock star husband seal. >> yeah, we did find each other in a hotel lobby in new york city, and it was kind of like two magnets that were like this. >> and the surprising reason she became an american. >> specifically apparently so you could vote for barack obama. >> i did. >> what does she think about that now? my encounter with the beautiful and rather ch

and "immortals" with mickey rourke. >> i will end the reign of the gods. >> ignatiy vishnevetsky: butst,hee'a ers.t in tw s. >> christy lemire: our next movie is "immortals," which vaguely resembles greek mythology, but actually has more in common with the movie "300." it's a nonsensical overloaded cacophony of carnage in totally needless 3d. mickey rourke plays the ruthlessnd t bloodhirsty king hyperion, who's storming across greece with his massive army. only one man can stop him, the hunky and frequently shirtless theseus, played by henry cavill. >> theseus, there's little the king does not know. he knows that you have no father and like him you are drawn by your people. >> does he know of my rage? does he know that i live to only see the blood at the end of my sword. does he know that he butchered my mother. >> no, he's seen your face. he knows. >> christy lemire: theseus gets some help in his quest from the wise-cracking stavros, played by stephen dorff, a beautiful virgin oracle played by freida pinto. the gods on high are supposed to just watch what these mortals do and not get

keep beating the giant. >> exactly. >> he knows football. >> you have two things in common with mickey rourkex grossman and you guys have the same shirt. >> his is slightly bigger than mine. >> a little. >> i don't know if it's good or bad thing that i actually agree with mickery rourke that rex grossman -- with mickey rourke that rex grossman should be the quarterback. >> we are hoping we find out what they've seen in john beck all this time. we want to believe in john beck. hopefully, we'll start to see that this sunday. >> we hope so. fingers crossed. we'll see you next hour. >>> also, how about that big powerful jackpot versus a massive power outage. one winning ticket worth more than $250 million but there is a slight problem. >> what? >> the winner might not know it jet. there are still like 300,000 people without power in the state where the ticket was sold. we'll talk about that coming up. @p >>> time to say good morning to the facebook fan of the day. it is todd mattingly. todd says he has been posting for a very long time, hoping, hoping, hoping to be fan o

now, she stars alongside mickey rourke in the mythological action film "immortals."ted to be here. >> jimmy: we met once on the street. >> i do remember that. i think it was one of the afterparties? >> jimmy: i think i was driving and you and -- >> i thought you were going to say i was drunk. >> jimmy: maybe you were? i rarely check, but -- >> it was fun. i was so excited when they told me i was going to be on the jimmy kimmel show, and dev says hi. >> jimmy: very charming guy. >> he loved his time on the show and gave up quite a few secrets. >> jimmy: there are secrets? he told you he was staying at the four seasons hotel, that's not how it goes, you don't tell people where you are saying. >> jimmy: you're not supposed to tell him. >> you taught him a good lesson. >> jimmy: that seems obvious not to announce your room number on tv. but that's good. i'm glad -- it's the first time i've taught anyone anything. >> good. good for you. >> jimmy: your other co-star from this new movie, mickey rourke, was here last night. did you have fun with him? he's a real character. >

mickey rourke is in the movie. kevin had a chance to sit down and talk with him.re that next.  >>> declared war on all of humanity. >> i will end the reign of the gods j nick rye -- >> mickey rourke stars in the immortals. >> our kevin mccarthy had a chance to speak to mickey rourke about the action scenes, many of them in slow motion. >> i love the slow motion aspect of it. i want to being you, hypothetically, if you could put one action in your daily life in slow motion, what would it be? >> my training. i would like to go through my whole training with him every day. i'm ready for go to sleep at 8:00 i don't you play some pretty insane roles. i loved you in the wrestler. but that -- does that ever take an effect on you? because this is a film where you are pretty sadistic. when you walk away from the movies -- i'll answer your question. wrestler ways nightmare to walk away from. we'll give him an extra two minutes. the wrestler was really hard because of the emotional drain that it took on me physically and mentally, the dark places i had to go. i reme

played by mickey rourke. a bit of a challenge. puts up a fight with the warriors to take down mickey rourke's character. let's listen to some of the clips from this. >> does he know of my rage? does he know i live to see his blood at the end of my sword. does he know that he butchered my mother. >> now that he sees your face he knows. you wouldn't make it. >> this being kind of characterized clash of titans/300 movie. reviews not necessarily favorable. l.a. times saying i realize making immortals, immortal was way too much to ask. a shade more plausible not to mention pleasurable would have been nice. still big names in it. have to wait and see. >> i think i will go check it out. and j. edgar starting today. leo dicaprio, fascinating performance. j. edgar, federal bureau of investigation head for 48 years. also, the movie is directed by clint eastwood. and j. edgar's mother, dame judi denyh. covers j. edgar's life from 24 to 77. lot of costume and makeup changes. a lot of people saying that leo its getting oscar buzz. take a liste

join me next time for a conversation with oscar nominee mickey rourke on his new film "the immortals." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insd to joing to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. tionwide is on your side. >> brought to you by the aarp foundation. w. k. kellogg foundation, engaging communities to improve >> and by contributions to your pbs station from views like you. thank you.

played by mickey rourke. a bit of a challenge. with the warriors to take down mickey rourke's character. let's listen to some of the clips from this. >> does he know of my rage? does he know i live to see his blood at the end of my sword. does he know that he butchered my mother. >> now that he sees your face he knows. you wouldn't make it. >> this being kind of characterized clash of titans/300 movie. reviews not necessarily favorable. l.a. times saying i realize making immortals, immortal was way too much to ask. a shade more plausible not to mention pleasurable would have been nice. still big names in it. have to wait and see. >> i think i will go check it out. and j. edgar starting today. leo dicaprio, fascinating performance. j. edgar, federal bureau of investigation head for 48 years. also, the movie is directed by clint eastwood. and j. edgar's mother, dame judi denyh. covers j. edgar's life from 24 to 77. lot of costume and makeup changes. a lot of people saying that leo its getting oscar buzz. take a listen to this. >> pe

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stars of "twilight" will be here, robert pattinson, taylor lautner, and kristen stewart as will mickey rourkean cain. we'll also be joined by freida pinto, jon bernthal from "the walking dead," mystery castoff number seven from "dancing with the stars," and we'll have music from junip, thompson square, wale, and feist. so join us for those programs. our first guest tonight is one of the funniest men to ever walk the planet earth. you can see him starring alongside ben stiller in "tower heist," which opens in theaters tomorrow. please say hello to eddie murphy. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. >> jimmy: we have a pacquiao crowd here. i'm excited to have you here. i've been wanting to talk to you for a long time. i have a list of questions for you. "beverly hills cop" was awesome. do you stick talk to judge ryan holt? >> no, i haven't in about a year. >> jimmy: in a year? >> i saw him -- they did a tribute, jerry got some award and a bunch of people from movies were there and i saw the whole cast from the movie. >> jimmy: did you ever

. >> i've interviewed people like dennis hopper, charlie sheen, mickey rourk.o are genuine hell raisers. >> you have gone through the list of people who are addicted and whether they were addicted at work, i don't know. it's true. you have hit those tabloid people, wonderful artists, wonderful actors, all of them. they -- i don't know whether they did that at work but if they did that at work too often they wouldn't work. they weren't there. charlie, for example, says that with the exception of occasional -- occasional exception, he was there ready to work. i don't know. i have no idea. but i'm telling you from my experience, let me say that, from my experience. >> it was really interesting. >> i have never seen anybody -- i can't remember anybody not coming to work. i've never not turned up for work. >> i've heard that about you. you are like incredibly reliable. you don't ever turn up late. >> no. late is -- >> a day off sick? >> a what? >> a day off sick. >> no. i've never been sick. >> always turned up? >> never had an understudy, never been sick. i've been

tomorrow night we'll be joined by mickey rourke.atest castoff from "dancing with the stars" and we'll have music from wale. and later this week -- robert pattinson, kristen stewart, freida pinto from "the walking dead," jay bernthal. those adorable brothers from our halloween candy video will be here. and we'll have music from thompson square and feist. so join us then. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: not since eddie munster and michael j. fox has there been a wolf as beloved as our first guest. tonight "the twilight saga: breaking dawn - part 1" opens next friday. and his shirt comes off 26 seconds into it. please say hello to taylor lautner. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good to see you. >> you too. you too. >> jimmy: so -- [ cheers and applause ] wow! explain this 9-9-9 plan to me because i'm not sure -- oh, wait a minute. i got my cards mixed up. i watched you and your castmates get your hands and feet in the cement at grauman's chinese theater. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: but i mean really -- >> such a

. >> mickey rourke and mandy moore.'s new deal is to air 10 live events per year switching between fox and the fx network. >>> get ready. a competition of a very different kind also brought out big crowds in argentina. the miss pole dance argentina was crowned last night. the winner beat out dancers from seven south american countries. pole dancing has ridden a wave of popularity and gone mainstream after hitting clubs around the world. organizers are trying to make pole dancing a test event for the 2016 summer on i limpics in rio. >>> the news tonight -- olympics in rio. >>> the news tonight is far from over. the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. >> this is news edge at 11:00. >>> staying with us i'm will