Mickey Rourke's Golden Globe-nominated performance in
The Wrestler has the former sex symbol up for a role in the second installment of the
iron man film franchise.
According to Variety, the resilient star is in talks to play a heavily tattooed Russian arms dealer in Iron Man 2, opening in theaters in May 2010.
The super-villain is reportedly likely to be one of iron man's more popular comic book foes, the Crimson Dynamo.