Rourke: 'I never took steroids'

Mickey Rourke has hit back at reports he took steroids in a bid to get in shape for gritty new movie 'The Wrestler', insisting the media has gone too far with comments he made in a magazine interview.

Mickey Rourke has hit back at reports he took steroids in a bid to get in shape for gritty new movie 'The Wrestler', insisting the media has gone too far with comments he made in a magazine interview.

The Golden Globe winner hinted at the fact he'd taken steroids to bulk up for his role as battered fighter Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in a recent interview with US magazine Men's Journal.

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