Mickey Rourke still harbors a grudge toward Marvel Studios over his portrayal of Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
Arguably, Iron Man 2 is one of the weaker Marvel Movies, and while appearing recently on the Late Night With Seth Meyers for Sin City 2, said he is not a Marvel fan and dropped some expletives.
Apparently, what went down in regards to Iron Man 2 is that Mickey Rourke added more depth to Whiplash, which Marvel was all for, but when it came down to editing the movie, Marvel cut out all the added stuff to make Whiplash more simpler.
Rourke mentions he wasn’t happy with what Marvel cut out of Iron Man 2 on more than one occasion in the following video: