Mickey Rourke is reportedly in talks to star in Tony Scott's Hell's Angels, a crime-drama about the notorious motorcycle club.

Deadline reports the news that Rourke and Scott are in talks for the Iron Man 2 star to play Sonny Barger, the real-life tough guy who helped transform the Hells Angels motorcycle club into a nationwide organization. The rights to Barger’s memoir was sold over a decade ago, but it’s only now that the project is starting up again over at Fox 2000.


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The studio has brought on Scott Frank (Minority Report) to do a heavy rewrite on the Hell’s Angels script that is being described as a “Donnie Brasco-like drama.” Not only would it be about Barger experiences within the titular motorcycle gang, but also would feature a young cop who infiltrates the gang in order to investigate possible criminal activities. Who would play that young cop? Well, there are no prizes for guessing that Shia LaBeouf’s name has been brought up (according to Deadline, Scott has met with him already), but no deals have been closed for any actors (including Rourke) as of yet. But apparently the role is, “so perfectly tailored for Rourke that is is hard to imagine another actor who could more convincingly play a character who wears the hard miles and brawn of a grizzled biker gang veteran.”

Source: Mickey Rourke In Talks For Tony Scott's Hells Angels

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