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Article: Donnie Wahlberg Scores in 'Boomtown'
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- February 25, 2003
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Dateline: NEW YORK
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Donnie Wahlberg got the offer to play LAPD Detective Joel Stevens
in the "Boomtown" pilot a year ago.
At the time he was in Canada shooting Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher"
(which opens in theaters in March), playing Duddits, its mysterious,
mentally challenged centerpiece.
"I was in a whole other space," says Wahlberg as he recalls the challenge
of shifting gears during a break midway through the film to portray
the TV show's gifted but troubled lawman.
"The character is supposed to be 30 years old, but he's supposed to
feel a lot of weight," says Wahlberg, himself 33. "Had I not had a ...