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Article: Marky Mark no more: Wahlberg in `Metal God'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 15, 2000
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For a long time Mark Wahlberg turned down any role remotely
connected to the music biz. During an interview for "The Corruptor"
last year, Wahlberg told me "it's not that I'll never play a musician
- I'd love to under the right circumstances," but only after he knew
he'd firmly buried that old Marky Mark image from his rap days.
With "Boogie Nights" and "Three Kings" under his belt, it's clear
Wahlberg has made his mark as a genuine box office star.
Now the actor will play a musician - having replaced Brad Pitt in
"Metal God," which interestingly also stars Pitt's girlfriend,
Jennifer Aniston. In the flick, Wahlberg plays a guy who supplants an
ego-crazed lead singer in a Judas Priest-like ...