Mark Wahlberg revealed that he was “a little pissed” whereas filming his Academy Award-winning film “The Departed” resulting from disagreements with the crime thriller’s director, Martin Scorsese.
The 52-year-old actor starred alongside stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Alec Baldwin within the 2006 movie helmed by the 82-year-old legendary filmmaker.
Wahlberg performed Employees Sergeant Sean Dignam, an officer within the Massachusetts Police’s Particular Investigation Unit who recruits trainee Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) to infiltrate the mob in an effort to uncover the identification of a mole within the police division.
“I was a little pissed about a couple of things,” Wahlberg admitted whereas showing on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast final week.
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Mark Wahlberg recalled clashing with Martin Scorsese whereas filming “The Departed.” (Getty)
“Originally, I was supposed to play another part,” he advised podcast host Josh Horowitz.
“We agreed that I would play Dignam,” Wahlberg stated of his conversations with Scorsese. “And I saw the advantages of playing that part and how I would approach the situation with everybody playing opposite me.”
Nonetheless, a scheduling battle and a hair dispute arose as Wahlberg had signed on to star within the biographical sports activities drama “Invincible” after capturing “The Departed.” In “Invincible,” Wahlberg portrayed the real-life Philadelphia Eagles participant Vince Papale.
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The function required him to develop out his hair in order that he would extra intently resemble Vitale on the time interval wherein the film was set.
Mark Wahlberg admits he had “weird hair” whereas filming “The Departed.” (Denise Truscello)
“I was going into ‘Invincible’ after I was trying to grow my hair out, which is why I had that weird hair,” he defined. “Everybody’s like, ‘What was that wig about? I was like, ’It was not a wig. I was just trying to grow my hair for the next film.'”
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He continued, “And I was supposed to be in and out in five weeks. So I went off to go and shoot ‘Invincible,’ got my hair extensions, came back. And then they were like, ‘You gotta take out the extensions.’”
“I was like, ‘S— took eight hours, I’m not taking them out,'” the “Ted” star recalled. “So we had a couple of issues but ultimately when I read that particular role, I was like, ‘OK, this is a good role. This is an opportunity for me to really kind of go off and have some fun.’”
Wahlberg stated that he and Scorsese had a dispute over his hair. (Robert Eng/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald through Getty Photographs)
Wahlberg advised Horowitz that he understood “where Marty was coming from.”
“He had to deal with Jack, he had to deal with Matt and Leo and Alec and everything — the studio and everyone else that was in the cast,” he defined.
Finally, Wahlberg and Scorsese labored out their variations, and the actor was glad that he took on the function of Dignam.
“For me, originally, I was just thinking, ‘OK, we got to make this as realistic and credible as possible. It’s Boston, it’s gangster s—. You don’t see too many of that — those movies.”
“And I was thinking kind of broad, big picture, not necessarily my own individual goals or even the opportunity for me as an actor,” he added. “And then when I read the part again, I was like, ‘Oh, there’s there’s something here.”
Mark Wahlberg obtained an Oscar nod for his function in “The Departed.” (Picture by Denise Truscello)
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Wahlberg was nominated for one of the best supporting actor Oscar for his efficiency in “The Departed.” The nomination stays his solely Academy Award nod to this point. The movie received Scorsese his first Academy Award for finest director after receiving 5 earlier nominations.
“The Departed” additionally received finest image, finest movie enhancing and finest tailored screenplay writing for a complete of 4 wins out of seven nominations.
