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 Mark Wahlberg
Interview By: Dan Portnoy
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Since a supporting role in 1994’s the Renaissance Man, actor Mark Wahlberg has been in fifteen movies, starring in thirteen of them. This soft spoken leading man brings a certain sensitive charm to his roles, along with the ability to blow a fuse and erupt; shaking the surface of the man you thought was Mark Wahlberg. But face to face you see his charm, sense of humor, and the fact that he’s not afraid to poke fun. It’s what you would expect from this 30 something actor, minus the outbursts of course. And with the release of his new film, Four Brothers, which marks Wahlberg’s sixteenth film, audiences will get another look at the actor who has become a household name. In Four Brothers, Wahlberg plays Bobby Mercer, the adopted child of the sweet good natured Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan). When she is gunned down in a suspicious liquor store robbery, Bobby along with his three adopted brothers, Angel (Tyrese Gibson), Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin), and Jack (Garrett Hedlund), swear to find the people responsible and avenge their mother’s murder. In a tough Detroit neighborhood, these four bad-ass brothers ask questions, kick down doors, and muscle their way through the petty thugs and big time gangsters to find their mother’s killer. The “tough guy show no mercy” persona is something that made Wahlberg such a pleasure to watch. Compassion is not a luxury that the character Bobby possesses, except towards his family members that is. However, unlike his character in the film, Wahlberg does have a few soft spots, one of them is religion. “I’m goin to church in one hour,” he says earnestly, “I go once a week, every Sunday.” Church is the last thing on his character’s Bobby Mercer’s mind. Recently released from prison he attends his mother’s funeral with one thing on his mind, revenge. Even before John Singleton was attached to direct Four Brothers, Wahlberg was already on board. “I read it and loved it. John hadn’t signed on it yet but it was like one of those movies that I grew up watching.” So needless to say Mark saw a lot of potential in the script. “It was the first time I read a script in a long time where I was like ‘wow this could be really good.” His assumptions were correct and once the cast was assembled and Singleton was directing, the project seemed to have even more promise. In addition to the script, the chemistry of the four central characters and the way the story was told really helped glue the movie together. “That was the key to making the movie work. We knew we had a good script, but we knew if we had great chemistry and guys that just really gelled well ... |
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