Suzanne Somers signs on to play Mickey Rourke in biopic

Hollywood, California:

  Mega producer Joel Silver (Cambodian), who's credited with such blockbuster hits as Tiny Vampires and Big Ole Exploding Town has announced he'll be teaming with director of crap maestro Micheal Bay for the Mickey Rourke biopic. The film is a departure for Bay, and will star Suzanne Somers as Mickey Rourke.
  Somers spoke to Death Blow at the Hollywood Gala for Franz Klammer, a lifetime achievement award for Klammer's accomplishments in film and television. Somers, who hasn't acted since 2001 when she starred in the Oscar nominated Dances with Wolves 2: Indian Space Aliens, says playing Rourke will be a "great artistic challenge, and not because I'm a woman playing a man".
  The biopic, entitled Sledgehammer Heart, will focus primarily on the period when Rourke was boxing. In doing research for the role, Somers said she found out that "Mickey was a real tiger, trapped inside a lion, looking down at a flower". She visited family friends, colleagues, and plastic surgeons whom Rourke knew well. "Mickey is a complicated man, and to really do that justice, I had to read a lot of books and stuff", Somers said as she signed autographs and posed for pictures, "I found that reading really requires all of your attention".
  Joining the cast are Joyce DeWitt and Richard Kline, both worked with Somers on Three's Company. DeWitt will play Rourke's ex wife Carrie Otis, and Kline will play Father Pete, a Catholic priest Rourke credited with his comeback. "This is a terrific opportunity to show the world the real Mickey Rourke" director Bay told us, "and judging from the rehearsals, Suzanne has a chance at an Oscar".