Mickey Rourke at Heidi Klum's Halloween Party at 1 Oak. New York City, USA - 31.11.08

Rourke has revealed that he was determined to commit suicide and even penned a note to his now ex-wife, Carré Otis.

But before he went through with his threat, he planned to punish a man who had previously raped Otis.

He tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, "I was about to commit two mortal sins, (I planned to kill) a guy who raped Carré when she was on heroin and beat her up."

But the star admits he dropped his ideas of a grisly murder/suicide after visiting his close friend, famed New York priest, Father Pete Colapietro.

Colapietro adds, "(He had) a letter he'd written to Carré - a note of a conciliatory nature. I told him, 'Let's fold it up and put it behind the statue of St. Jude.'"

The duo then talked over Rourke's problems and convinced him not to go through with his deadly plan.

Rourke and Otis divorced in 1998.

Source: WENN