Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has already been tipped as one of this years favourites to win Celebrity Big Brother after the full line up was revealed earlier this week.
The professional boxer, 72, is the show’s biggest signings in history and with public feuds with Robert De Niro, two marriages and a string of high profile relationships, the odds are showing he is in the running to take the crown.
The star will be joining Love Island’s Chris Hughes, Olympian Daley Thompson, JoJo Siwa and Patsy Palmer for the social experiment.
Trisha Goddard, Donna Preston, Coronation Street’s Jack P. Shepherd, Chesney Hawkes, TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise, Michael Fabricant and Angellica Bell are also in the running.
Drag Queen Danny Beard is also said to be arriving as a late entry.
Revealing the current odds, Card Player’s statistics show the Oscar nominee is the second favourite in the market at 4/1, behind Danny Beard.
Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has already been tipped as one of this years favourites to win Celebrity Big Brother after the full line up was revealed earlier this week (pictured in 2019)
The Oscar nominated star, 72, and professional boxer marks one of the show’s biggest signings in history (pictured L in 2017 and R in 1986)
Spokesperson for Card Player Liam Solomon said: ‘The potential blockbuster announcement of Mickey Rourke competing in Celebrity Big Brother has sent fans rushing to social media and we now have the Hollywood star 4/1 to win the series.’
American singer JoJo has also signed up for the compeтιтion and shares a price of 7/1 alongside Trisha.
Meanwhile Chesney and Patsy’s odds have drifted as a result of the new entries and are now backed to win at 5/1 and 11/2 respectively.
Sources have claimed Mickey – who has an estimated net worth of £3.8million ($5million) – is being paid a huge six-figure sum to appear on the ITV show.
However, there are fears that the acting icon could decide to leave the Big Brother house early, which has been described as a ‘worse-case scenario’ for broadcasters.
‘The last time he was really big was during The Wrestler, and he like everyone else needs to pay some bills,’ a source told MailOnline.
‘So doing the show is a no brainer. He’s a producers dream because he has loads of stories, is a loose cannon, he is considered a huge get.
‘Producers always hope for the train-wreck but being a revelation works as well, if we see a new side of Mickey that could work.
Revealing the current odds, Card Player’s statistics show the Oscar nominee is the second favourite in the market at 4/1, behind Danny Beard (Pictured in The Wrestler in 2008)
Ahead of the show’s launch, it has been reported that RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard, 32 – whose real name is Daniel Curtis – has signed up
American singer JoJo Siwa (L) has also signed up for the compeтιтion and shares a price of 7/1 alongside Trisha Goddard (R)
Meanwhile Chesney Hawkes (L) and Patsy Palmer’s (R) odds have drifted as a result of the new entries and are now backed to win at 5/1 and 11/2 respectively
Coronation Street legend Jack P Shepherd is reportedly going to swap number eight on the Cobbles for the Celebrity Big Brother house
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‘The worst-case scenario would be if he left early. When he did The Masked Singer a few years ago, he eliminated himself.’
Mickey’s Hollywood career reached its peak in 1986 when he won the leading male role in the erotic drama 9 1/2 Weeks opposite Kim Basinger.
Rising to huge acclaim, Mickey became a sought-after name in Hollywood with huge roles in Rumble Fish, Angel Heart, Francesco and Johnny Handsome in the 1980s.
But the lead roles faded away as he dipped in and out of the movie business and boxing, turning down lead roles in Rain Man, Platoon and The Untouchables.
In 1991, aged 38, he became a professional boxer and fought as a light heavyweight, before retiring, undefeated, in 1995.
In the past Mickey has been open about his changing face throughout the years, claiming to have undergone plastic surgery predominantly for facial restructuring due to injuries from boxing.
He told DailyMail.com in 2009, ‘Most of it was to mend the mess of my face after the boxing. I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together.’
Olympic legend Daley Thompson, 66, is also reportedly in advanced talks with ITV bosses to join the Celebrity Big Brother lineup (picutred last month)
Meanwhile, ITV fans are convinced that former Love Island star Chris Hughes is going into the famous house
Former Conservative politician Sir Michael Fabricant, 74, has signed up to appear on Celebrity Big Brother
TOWIE star Ella Rae Wise could spill the dirt on her on-off romance with Dan Edgar if she rocks up to the iconic house
TV presenter Angellica is said to have landed a staggering five-figure deal to appear on Celebrity Big Brother
Donna, 38, is the latest name to sign up for Celebrity Big Brother and is ready to bring the laughter on the upcoming series (pictured in 2021)
Rourke continued, ‘I had my nose broken twice. I had five operations on my nose and one on a smashed cheekbone.
‘I had to have cartilage taken from my ear to rebuild my nose and a couple of operations to scrape out the cartilage because the scar tissue wasn’t healing properly,’ calling it one of the most ‘painful operations’ he’s had.
He has notoriously battled addiction — both drugs and alcohol — in the past and has taken blame for his own career decline over the years.
Mickey has also opened up about his regret over taking steroids and eating huge meals six times a day to gain weight for his role in 2008 movie, The Wrestler.
