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Article: New kid on the set // Donnie Wahlberg hopes to build film career on own merits
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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NEW YORK There's no crowd here to greet Donnie Wahlberg, only a small
film crew on this stage deep within a cavernous studio complex in
Queens. No one is screaming his name. People walk by the former
member of New Kids on the Block without a second glance.
It's a blessing of anonymity for which he is actually thankful.
Wahlberg is on a different stage now, and hoping to build a
credible acting career with his role as a kidnapper in "Ransom"
(continuing in Chicago). Interviewed on the set, he is waiting to
film a scene in which his character, Cubby, shows the conscience that
sets him apart from his partners in crime.
Cubby is someone engulfed in a process he can't control - which
has to ...