Mark Wahlberg

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q164119: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Gambler (1974); Boogie Nights (1997); Three Kings (1999); The Perfect Storm (2000); Planet of the Apes (2001); I Heart Huckabees (2004); The Departed (2006); The Happening (2008); The Fighter (2010); The Gambler (remake) (2014); Deepwater Horizon (2016); All the Money in the World (2017); Patriots Day; Play Dirty; The Big Hit; The Corrupter; The Yards; Transformers 4 and 5. Count them as producer (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Planet of the Apes (1968): 2 lines

  1. contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch.
    “They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original.
    “Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

Charlton Heston: 1 line

  1. theme (character mold) · them, directly: Charlton Heston ⇒ Mark Wahlberg (the host's read). Wahlberg's Leo Davidson is written like Heston's angry, arrogant astronaut, but without the reason behind the rage.
    “The thing is, to me, the character is clearly written sort of in the Heston character mold.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:34:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts): 1 line

  1. industry (studio instinct) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables.
    “And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

Infernal Affairs (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake source) · through The Departed (2006), which they acted in: Infernal Affairs ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

James Caan: 1 line

  1. career (career) · them, directly: James Caan ⇒ Mark Wahlberg (the host's read). Wahlberg wanted to be Caan but is only half there, and remade The Gambler.
    “Wahlberg probably wanted to be James Khan, but he's 50% there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Mean Streets (1973): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Boogie Nights (1997), which they acted in: Mean Streets ⇒ Boogie Nights (the maker said so: the Boogie Nights commentary track). Per the commentary track, Anderson lifted images from Mean Streets, Goodfellas and other Scorsese films for Boogie Nights.
    “Paul Thomas Anderson explained how he just ripped off images he saw in Mean Streets or in Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:24:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael De Luca: 1 line

  1. unmapped (gave break) · through Boogie Nights (1997), which they acted in: Michael De Luca ⇒ Boogie Nights (the host's read). De Luca ran New Line and gave PTA his break with Boogie Nights; now runs Warner's films division.
    “gave PTA his big break with Boogie Nights.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:09:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

Penny Marshall: 1 line

  1. unmapped (mentor) · them, directly: Penny Marshall ⇒ Mark Wahlberg (the maker said so: Wahlberg on Inside the Actors Studio). Wahlberg said Penny Marshall hired him, told him he couldn't act, and taught him on Renaissance Man.
    “Petty Marshall discovers him.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:35:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Scarface (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Departed (2006), which they acted in: Scarface ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Bear City (SNL digital short): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read). An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial.
    “they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Fighter (2010), which they acted in: The Fighter ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant borrowed The Fighter's low-budget trick of using HBO boxing cameramen so the wrestling would look like a real broadcast.
    “They used HBO boxing cameramen to shoot a lot of their fight scenes.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:41:16 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (2) everyone in producing

Acting (22) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career turn): Mark Wahlberg → Paul Thomas Anderson. PTA found Wahlberg's angry chip-on-the-shoulder star quality in Boogie Nights, which later directors reused.
    “I think PTA latched onto something sooner than everyone else that Marky Mark himself didn't figure out for a while”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:37:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): James Caan → Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg wanted to be Caan but is only half there, and remade The Gambler.
    “Wahlberg probably wanted to be James Khan, but he's 50% there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Robert De Niro → Mark Wahlberg. De Niro wins the 'Mark Wahlberg Award' of the year, like Wahlberg's The Fighter: a quiet-hero producer-star who gets only a picture nomination.
    “Wahlberg and the fighter.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:17:46 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Chris Pratt → Mark Wahlberg. Both succeed only as low-status guys nobody takes seriously who have to prove themselves.
    “Both Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt succeed when it is about people not taking them seriously and them having to prove to people.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:51:19 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (accent rivalry): Mark Wahlberg → Matt Damon. Damon's Boston accent is better; Wahlberg overdoes it.
    “I think that Damon is better and I think Wahlberg overdoes it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:30:24 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (bad performance): Mark Wahlberg → The Happening. Wahlberg's contempt for the material here is called The Happening syndrome times a thousand.
    “He's the happening syndrome times a thousand.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:33:40 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (frequent collaborator): Mark Wahlberg → Peter Berg. Berg is described as Wahlberg's only adult friend and director of his recent films.
    “It says it's like the, you know, the only friend he's made in his adult life.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:42:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (casting): Tim Burton → Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg skipped the script and agreed to work with Burton after five minutes, trusting a strong director.
    “And Mark Wahlberg pointedly didn't read the script, went to a meeting with Tim Burton.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:51:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (character mold): Mark Wahlberg → Charlton Heston. Wahlberg's Leo Davidson is written like Heston's angry, arrogant astronaut, but without the reason behind the rage.
    “The thing is, to me, the character is clearly written sort of in the Heston character mold.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:34:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (mentor): Mark Wahlberg → Penny Marshall. Wahlberg said Penny Marshall hired him, told him he couldn't act, and taught him on Renaissance Man.
    “Petty Marshall discovers him.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:35:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (status mismatch): Mark Wahlberg → All the Money in the World. Wahlberg is better at low-status roles; playing a high-status intellect fails, as in Apes, The Gambler and All the Money in the World.
    “He's better at playing low status.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:37:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (best performance): Mark Wahlberg → I Heart Huckabees. Called Wahlberg's best performance, deserving an Oscar.
    “I would give him the Oscar for that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:40:10 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (favorite Wahlberg): Mark Wahlberg → Deepwater Horizon. Wahlberg's loud I-know-this-is-going-to-blow persona is what the speaker wants from him.
    “I like Deepwater Horizon.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:40:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): James Caan → Mark Wahlberg. Caan today would have gravitated to Tarantino, not Bourne sequels.
    “He probably would have loved to work with Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Mark Wahlberg → Paths of Glory. A Paths of Glory remake would have every other actor doing a reverse Wahlberg accent.
    “You remake paths of glory with Mark Wahlberg and everyone else has to do a reverse Wahlberg reverse engineered Wahlberg accent.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:00:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: Wahlberg is the worst action hero: he causes the Planet of the Apes, goes in to save the ape he's mean to, then leaves him behind.
    “He is the worst action hero.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:31:06 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: Penny Marshall hired him and told him he couldn't act; he claims he went to the Penny Marshall School of Acting.
    “He on his episode of Inside the Actor Studio says, I went to the Penny Marshall School of Acting.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:35:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: Famous for a third nipple, which the speaker says he corrected shortly after this film.
    “He's one of the most famous 3rd nipple havers in American history.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:44:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: He refused to go shirtless because he'd done too many shirtless ads, so his spacesuit lining looks like an Urban Outfitters raglan.
    “which looks like a fucking urban outfitter's raglan.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:01:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: Rumor: Wahlberg built his performance from the people who arrested him in his youth and claimed the best Boston accent.
    “he based his performance based on a compilation of all the different people who arrested him when he was a youth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:31:45 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Mark Wahlberg: Rule of A-Listers: when someone gets punched, it evens out later. Damon punched Wahlberg, who got payback by shooting him at the end.
    “the rule of A-Listers is that if somebody gets punched, you get to punt, there's it always ends even.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)