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In mark wahlberg’s inspiring new adventure drama arthur kingThe actor plays an adventure racer who inadvertently befriends a stray dog during a race, which follows him and his team over 400 miles across the Dominican Republic.
Wahlberg made an appearance A special fan screening at AMC Century City 15Who served as a pet adoption event on Monday, and spoke to ET’s Kevin Frazier about shooting the challenging film — which was made even more grueling due to an injury he suffered during shooting.
Wahlberg explained that, because the film is based on a true story, “you want to pay attention to the little things and you want to look the part.” This meant a lot of preparation and a lot of training to be ready for the kind of racing that actually happens during these tours.
“Unfortunately, I tore my meniscus on the first day, so all my training was for naught,” Wahlberg said, referring to the piece of cartilage that acts as a cushion or buffer between the thigh bone and the shin bone. Is. “Then it’s basically about getting through it.”
Wahlberg said, “So I understood the pain a little more than I wanted to.”
According to the actor, the injury occurred literally during the first day of shooting, when they were filming the second scene of the day. He immediately went to a doctor and was warned that not stopping production and treatment could result in serious injury – but Wahlberg felt obliged to work despite the pain.
“I felt like, you know, it took a long time to get the movie off the ground and we were in the middle of COVID, and if I had put it off, I don’t know if we would have gotten it up and running.” Running again,” he recalled. “So I kind of made it harder and I found different ways to get out of it.”
In fact, it was not just the injury that was tough for the action star. As Wahlberg explained, “I did a lot of things I didn’t want to do. The first was walking out of my trailer in spandex.”
Referring to the lycra bodysuit, Wahlberg revealed, “I thought I’d never wear a superhero suit or spandex, and I put it on and I had to shave my legs. What little hair I had on my legs, I had to shave.” Racers wear it under their gear. “It still hasn’t come back.”
In the film, Wahlberg and his racing team – played by Simu Liu and Nathalie Emmanuel – race across 435 miles of rugged terrain with bikes, kayaks, runs and ziplines. At one point, Bear Grylls makes a cameo as himself, and Wahlberg was asked if he would ever be interested in going on a survivalist adventure with the famous outdoorsman.
“If I get permission from my wife, yes,” Wahlberg said His wife of 14 years, Rhea DurhamWith whom he has four children.
Wahlberg told that during the shooting of the film, he was also afraid that his wife would get angry, so he went on the zipline because of how dangerous it is.
“They don’t think I need to do things that are extreme,” he said. “I mean, I’m not doing anything like Tom Cruise. But I do a lot of stuff where it’s like, ‘Yeah, you don’t want to put yourself in harm'”
arthur king Rushing into theaters March 15.
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