Mickey Rourke Adds 33 Pounds of Steel for '80s Wrestler Role

Mickey Rourke has skyrocketed back into stardom with his Oscar nomination for best actor as Randy "Ram" Robinson, hero-stud pro wrestler in the movie, The Wrestler. But this role was more than memorizing lines and surviving grueling hours on set. He accomplished an Incredible Hulk-like transformation of his physique in seven short months.

Here's how Rourke described his regimen to bulk up from 192 lbs to 235:

• Eat This To Look Like a Wrestler -- 12 egg whites each morning, chicken breasts, a banana with peanut butter, tons of supplements, a thin steak with a salad, veggies, cup of rice, an apple, more peanut butter and shakes. Insane. No Doritos for Rourke.
  
• Wrestler Workouts -- Rourke ran two miles each morning, went back to sleep, then lifted for an hour and a half, ate lunch, did cardio, ate dinner, lifted more weights, then practiced wrestling. Wow, that morning run must have stoked his metabolism, Ram has no body fat. What a sacrifice to look like that, I hate early-morning running.
  
• Doing Your Own Stunts Means Pain -- Training for the role delivered a severe neck injury, continual ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) problems and a blown disc in his back. He claims his nightly two-hour massage saved him. He did all his own stunts.

To survive seven months of this, Rourke deserves an Oscar. I mean, Rocky Balboa didn't eat egg whites, he gulped down the fatty yolks, too. Looking forward to seeing the movie, hope the plot is as stellar as Rourke's bod.