Mickey Rourke wants to be Queen of Austin

Austin may soon have another celebrity resident. In the March issue of Giant Magazine, actor Mickey Rourke talks about his experiences in Austin shooting Sin City and how he plans to move here in the new future. Oh yeah, he also plans to rule the city at Rodriguez’s side. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Robert [Rodriguez] would walk around the set strumming a Fender guitar, with his cowboy hat and his boots and he would come over and say “Could you do it a little like this?” He’s a million miles away and he tells you exactly what he needs to tell you and he’s playing some tune that he’s trying to put together for the movie. He would go off and write and after lunch he’d come back, 40 minutes later, and have this fucking dialogue that other wtiers I’ve known couldn’t come up with after going off for two weeks. I mean, how can you not love a guy who wears a Stetson and plays the guitar? He has everything but the fucking horse and gunbelt. We shot Sin City in Austin, Texas. I’m moving there as soon as my lease is up. Rodriguez is the king of Austin. Maybe I’ll be the queen.