Mark Wahlberg Didn’t Want His Kids to Watch the Most Successful Movie of His Acting Career For a Valid Reason
Actor Mark Wahlberg received critical appreciation for his portrayal of Dirk Diggler in 1997’s Boogie Nights, after which he moved onto starring in big-budget movies. Wahlberg starred in The Perfect Storm, Planet of the Apes, The Italian Job, and more and was appreciated for his performances. The actor also appeared in successful and popular comedy movies including Ted, Ted 2, Daddy’s Home, and Daddy’s Home 2.
Mark Wahlberg is regarded as one of the most talented actors in the industry who took over the lead role in Transformers live-action movies. He appeared in 2014’s Age of Extinction and 2017’s The Last Knight from the franchise, which did not receive the reviews, the actor and the studios, expected it to have but grossed a record-breaking amount. Mark Wahlberg shared he does not want his kids to watch Transformers.
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Mark Wahlberg talks about taking away the DVDs of Transformers from his kids’ room
In an interview with Contact Music back in 2013, Mark Wahlberg shared that he has banned his kids from watching his box office-successful movie Transformers. He shared an incident explaining his decision,
“My four year old screamed ‘s***’! the other day, when his brother knocked the football out of his hand. I almost laughed but thankfully I was able to hold it in. I said, ‘Where did you hear that kind of language?’ and he looked up at me and said, Transformers. Then I told my wife and we have the Transformers DVDs down in their room—so they’ve been taken away now. But I hope they get to see the new one.”
Ahead of the release of 2017’s Transformers: The Last Knight, Mark Wahlberg shared with CBS News on the red carpet that the movie had brought him back to his childhood years. He said,
“It’s as much fun as you can ever imagine. Anybody who’s ever been a kid, playing with big things, this is exactly what it’s like. Blowing things up, shooting guns…it’s amazing.”
The movie upon its release received negative reviews from the critics as well as the audience. The 2017 installment of the franchise is often regarded as the worst-reviewed installment of the series. The Prequel movie Bumblebee released in 2018 redeemed the franchise as it was a commercial and critical success with Dylan O’Brien voicing the character of Bumblebee.
Mark Wahlberg on becoming a producer ‘out of necessity’
During an interview with Cigar Aficionado Magazine via Variety, the actor dwelled upon his decision to take a turn towards producing. He explained that the decision was taken out of necessity as he did not want to sit around and wait for other actors to pass a role so that it could come to him. Mark Wahlberg noted,
“I was always proactive in trying to find material and things that I could produce, that I knew was right for me, create my own destiny.”
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The actor-producer does want to venture into directing someday and has been working with great talented people adding that his career would see him slowing down in the acting arena after a while. Talking about his kids noted,
“Hopefully my kids, we’ll see what their interests are, but I don’t think that I’ll be acting that much longer at the pace I am now. That’s for sure. Because that’s the most difficult thing.”
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry’s starrer spy movie; The Union directed by Julian Farino first look was shared via a recently held Netflix presentation for upcoming projects on Netflix. The Union is scheduled for a release on August 16th.
Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight are streaming on Netflix.
