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Article: Donnie Wahlberg enjoys new career in film
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- May 7, 1999
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Jeremy Keeler
University Wire
05-07-1999
(The Daily Free Press) (U-WIRE) BOSTON, Mass. -- Take a man from his home and reintroduce him the culture he tried to get away from and you get Danny Quinn. Or is it, Donnie Wahlberg?
Wahlberg premiers May 28 as a conflicted South Boston man in the midst of a difficult homecoming in "Southie." Many Danny Quinn's characteristics were close to home for Wahlberg, a Dorchester native.
The film focuses on Quinn's dysfunctional, alcoholic family whom he must help while at the same time overcoming his own problems.
"They want help for their problems, and my character is willing to help," Wahlberg said. "A lot of points like this rang true in my personal ...