Hollywood to Huddersfield for Giants’ film star friend Mickey Rourke
IT was the most talked about tale in rugby league – and beyond.
The unlikely friendship between Hollywood film star Mickey Rourke and Huddersfield Giants Super League players Keith Mason and Scott Moore hit the headlines when the pair were disciplined for missing training sessions.
But now the real story is out and it seems Hollywood will hit Huddersfield in March next year!
Legendary film star Rourke is planning to watch the Giants in action at the Galpharm Stadium in a 2010 Super League XV fixture.
The 57-year-old star of over 50 Hollywood movies has accepted an invitation to watch the Giants take on Super League champions Leeds Rhinos on March 14 from prop forward Mason.
Unlike many of Rourke’s blockbuster movies, fact can sometimes appear stranger than fiction.
That’s the case when it comes to the bond that has developed between the American superstar actor and the two young rugby league players from the north of England.
It’s been widely reported how Mason and Moore were introduced to Rourke at Stringfellow’s in London on the night of the Giants’ Challenge Cup final defeat to Warrington Wolves on Saturday August 29.
It was then revealed how a second meeting with Rourke a few days later meant the star-struck duo missed a training session and picked up two-match bans as a result.
The players have deeply regretted this ever since and the duo issued a public apology.
But even though the circumstances surrounding the suspensions are something the players are keen to forget, the unlikely friendship has continued, particularly between Rourke and prop forward Mason.
While the 21-year-old Moore has since left Huddersfield to resume a career with St Helens and was part of this Autumn’s Gillette Four Nations campaign, 27-year-old Mason has become even closer to the movie star and even paid a short visit to Rourke’s New York apartment.
And for the first time the Dewsbury-born forward has spoken publicly about their relationship and Rourke’s growing interest in rugby league, with the hope it will help spark even more interest in the game, as well as raise the profile of the Giants.
“What’s happened over the past three months has been nothing short of unbelievable,” revealed Mason.
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