"We're Still Watchin' Wahlberg..."

Mark Wahlberg is often synonymous with action films like The Big Hit, The Italian Job, Shooter, The Departed, and We Own The Night. Now the 41 year-old tackles comedy acting alongside a CGI bear in the film Ted, written and directed by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.

Wahlberg plays John Bennett, who wishes a stuffed teddy bear, played by MacFarlane, to life, grows up with him, and ends up the third wheel in his relationship with his girlfriend, played by Mila Kunis. The actor was asked if he felt any hesitation doing a comedy where his co-star was a CGI creation.

“I was a little nervous at first, but once we started getting into it, I felt comfortable pretty quickly,” he says, “It was more of a problem working with Mila. She’s a tough cookie, as you can see.”

“We got to see a little bit of the bear before we started shooting,” Mark adds, “There was a concern of whether it would go into the scene seamlessly with the chemistry, even though Seth and I were having a great time acting opposite each other, would it translate when you’re putting the bear into the actual scenes?”

Mark talks about who his comic idols were growing up.

“I just grew up watching a lot of old television with my father, whether it be F Troop, Barney Miller,” Wahlberg says, “Probably Wojciehowicz would probably be the best description of one of my comic idols.”

“I just grew up watching TV, but it’s all in the material,” he continues, “I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible. Thankfully, Seth was into that. I was worried that maybe he’d want me to do a couple pratfalls and stuff like that, and that’s not really my thing.”

Wahlberg, a Boston native, was asked why Ted happens to be set in Boston.

“The movie was already written taking place in Boston,” Mark

"We're Still Watchin' Wahlberg..."

says, “I don’t know if Seth even trusted that I could do a Boston accent. Nobody was really doing the accents. Everything that has to do with the movie in Boston is Seth. It was already on the page.”

Mark talks about one of the pivotal scenes in the film, the fight in the hotel room between John and Ted.

“I didn’t have to do anything to prepare other than just trust Seth,” Wahlberg says, “I just felt so ridiculous flopping around this by myself. But I was wrong. He was right. Everybody loves the scene.”

Wahlberg shared his overall impression with MacFarlane in general.

“He’s the funniest motherfucker I’ve ever met,” Mark says of him, “Every time I did a take, if this makes you feel any better, he said, ‘Action, honky.’ Three weeks in I was like, ‘All right, dude, it’s too much,’ and he stopped.”

Mark had this message for college students who plan on going to see Ted.

“Go back and smoke another joint and go see it again,” Wahlberg says, “It’s always better the second time around. You were so wasted the first time, you probably missed some jokes.”