Rourke refuses to talk about Tarantino movie departure

Mickey Rourke has refused to comment on why he left director Quentin Tarantino's latest film Grind House, insisting he'll stay silent until Tarantino speaks out first.

Rourke was set to play the part of Stunman Mike on the Kill Bill director's latest collaboration with director Robert Roderquiez, and was later replaced by Kurt Russell.

The 9 1/2 Weeks star had previously worked with the directors on the hit movie Sin City and hints there might have been a falling out with Tarantino.

He tells Radar Online: "You know what? He hasn't made any comments about it. And until he makes a comment about it, I'm not going to say anything. It just didn't work out.

"And I hope that's what he has to say. I'm just going to wait."

The actor was supposedly Tarantino's first choice to play the movie's villain and he hints in the interview that he was actually the one who passed on the role and he wasn't fired from the film.

Rourke also turned down a role in the film that made Tarantino's career, Pulp Fiction, back in the early 1990s.