MICKEY ROURKE - ROURKE AND DYLAN'S LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS LED TO FRIENDSHIP

ROURKE AND DYLAN'S LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS LED TO FRIENDSHIP

MICKEY ROURKE once received an unexpected midnight phone call from BOB DYLAN - and their ensuing conversation set them on the path to lifelong friendship.
The Wrestler star appeared the folk legend's 2003 film Masked and Anonymous and the pair would often chat about Rourke's character.
But the actor, who describes Dylan as the most interesting person in the world, was shocked to receive a late-night call from the singer.
He says, "I've known him several years and we talk on the phone. Well, he's not big talking on the phone. Not big talking, period. I had a little part in some arty farty movie we did. He called me in the middle of the night and I'd say, 'Who's this?' And he'd say, 'Bob.' And I'd say, 'Bob who?' And he said, 'You know... Bob.' Oh f**k. Bob Dylan.
"He would ask me what he should be doing in a scene when he had no dialogue, and I would say, 'Why not do some activity?' I'd give him some little acting points, and we became friends."