Mickey Rourke wears new wig ahead of entering the Celebrity Big Brother house
The star has had many looks over the years.
Celebrity Big Brother star Mickey Rourke has debuted a bold new look before his appearance on the ITV reality series.
The Oscar-nominated actor, 72, is reportedly joining the brand new Big Brother house later today as the show returns for another year of star-studded chaos hosted by Will Best and AJ Odudu.
The former professional boxer is known for a range of action roles from Angel Heart to Sin City to The Wrestler and now he is pivoting to the British reality scene with a reinvented look.
Although he is rarely seen without a cowboy hat, the screen star is normally seen with a head of grey hair. or occasionally more blonde-looking locks. Sometimes, it is even darker hair with blonde highlights.
But in a new post to his Instagram, Mickey is seemingly wearing a new shoulder-length dark brown wig as he posed with brothers Liam and Ryan Vaughan on his arrival in London.
And it is totally different to hairdos-gone-by,. Although he is continuing the theme of longer hair compared to his close-cut brown hair from the 80s.
Mickey has arrived in London ahead of launch night (Picture: Instagram / Mickey Rourke)He is wearing a grey blazer with a silky shirt, a red sleeve, burgundy scarf and a pair of jeans.
The star is used to transformations, however.
He has previously been candid about the facial surgery he underwent after several boxing injuries left him with a broken nose (twice), shattered cheekbones and more.
In 2009, he told Mail Online: ‘Most of it was to mend the mess of my face because of the boxing, but I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together.’
And added: ‘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.’
The former Masked Singer contestant – who dramatically quit the show – has an estimated net worth of $5 million (£3.8m).
He has previously sported a grey wig (Picture: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Mr Chow Enterprises ) In the 80s many loved his short, shaggy brown hair (Picture: THA/REX/Shutterstock)A source told MailOnline that Mickey repeating his past reality show behaviour has been described as the ‘worst case scenario’.
The insider continued: ‘The last time [Mickey] was really big was during The Wrestler, and he like everyone else needs to pay some bills.
‘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.’
Mickey is not the only upcoming CBB housemate who is causing a stir with a his hair.
Former Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has regularly been asked about his recognisable hair-do and whether it is a wig.
He has previously called it ‘complicated’ but admitted there was ‘ some — but only some—enhancement of the follicular area.’
Both Mickey and Michael are tipped to be joined in the house by internet sensation JoJo Siwa, talk show host Trisha Goddard, Olympian Daley Thompson and Drag Race star Danny Beard – to name a few.
Celebrity Big Brother returns to ITV and ITVX on Monday, April 7.
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