In an interview with Task & Purpose, Mark Wahlberg gets candid about other celebrities talking politics and how his upcoming movie, “Patriots Day”, based on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is the exact type of movie America needs right now.
“A lot of celebrities did, do, and shouldn’t,” Wahlberg told the website. “You know, it just goes to show you that people aren’t listening to that anyway. They might buy your CD or watch your movie, but you don’t put food on their table. You don’t pay their bills.”
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The Boston-born actor feels that a lot of Hollywood is living in a bubble: “They’re pretty out of touch with the common person, the everyday guy out there providing for their family. Me, I’m very aware of the real world. I come from the real world and I exist in the real world. And although I can navigate Hollywood and I love the business and the opportunities it’s afforded me, I also understand what it’s like not to have all that.”
In his new movie “Patriots Day”, the true story of the events of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Wahlberg plays Sgt. Tommy Saunders, one of the Boston police officers assigned to keep an eye on the finish line, but then finds himself in a life-changing event.
For Wahlberg, this is the type of film that will bring people together. “It will give people an added boost and a reminder of what a great country we do have and how amazing people are,” he said. “People really dedicated their lives to serving our country and our communities, and we need to honour that. The overall purpose of police and military is to protect us. It’s an amazing thing, and every chance I get I want to thank them for their service.”
