Article: Hello, big boy; MARK WAHLBERG MADE HIS NAME BY TAKING OFF HIS TROUSERS - FIRST AS RAPPER MARKY MARK, THEN AS AN UNDERWEAR MODEL, AND NOW AS AN ACTOR. BUT EVERYTHING'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS INSIDE HIS CALVIN KLEINS, SAYS GILL PRINGLE. PICTURE BY GREG GORMAN.(Features)

ix years ago ex-con and former petty thug Marky Mark dropped his trousers during a live stage show. That simple action defined him as one of the most famous pop icons of 1991. From teen-idol rapper he became a Calvin Klein model, and his image - wearing little more than a smile and a pair of undies - was plastered around the world, even on the biggest billboard in New York's Times Square.

But today he is again known as Mark Wahlberg - the name his parents gave him 26 years ago - and he's dropping his trousers for an entirely different reason.

Mark has ...

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