Friday, November 15, 2013

The Soldier Thing Is...

I so definitely want to see Lone Survivor now.

And all of my newfound enthusiasm can be credited to Mark Wahlberg’s big mouth.

Evidently, the actor caused a ruckus earlier this week when he called out some of his peers for likening the prep work they do for projects to going to war. I guess he was asked about his own training for the Peter Berg-directed based-on-a-true-story tale of four Navy SEALs on an ill-fated covert mission in Afghanistan back in 2005.

“I don’t give a f--- what you did,” Wahlberg said at the movie’s AFI Fest premiere, in a not-so-thinly veiled jab at hyperbole-prone actors. “You don’t do what these guys did. How f---ing dare you.

The blogosphere zeroed in on Tom Cruise as the target of the Wahl-rant, although the Fighter star has denied having anyone in particular in mind when he said what he said. Regardless, I kinda love that Wahlberg let it rip.

Lone Survivor, which co-stars Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, and Eric Bana, will be out on Dec. 27 before going wide on Jan. 10.

Photo: Indiewire.com.

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