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Mickey Rourke joins Jonathan Ross this week on his 91Èȱ¬ One show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and talks about the pain behind his film, The Wrestler.

He says: "It's the hardest movie I ever had to make...too many [parallels] to be comfortable, there were moments when it was too close to home.

"I had to spend seven months putting on 28 pounds, eating seven times a day, I thought 'it's going to be fun' but I hated it.

"I ended up with three MRIs in two months, my legs couldn't carry the weight."

He also tells Jonathan about his years in the wilderness: "It was an accumulation of mistakes. You go out there, think you can rise above the s**t, but you fall into it...there were no rules...I didn't know you had to sell yourself, I wasn't educated enough to understand it, to play the game."

And why he'd like to win the Oscar: "After my drought it would mean everything. It would be an honour."

Will Young also joins Jonathan and discusses considering parenthood: "'I did have a patch when I thought 'maybe'."

Plastic surgery: "If I have good surgery I can keep smoking!"

And the pressures of fame: "You have to build up this tough exterior to be who you want to be. I've got a lot better."

Jonathan also welcomes comedian Jason Manford and there's music from The Cure performing live in the studio.

A Hotsauce TV production for 91Èȱ¬ One.

Notes to Editors

These quotes are taken verbatim from a studio recording and may not necessarily reflect the content of the final transmitted version of the programme.

JP