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Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry star in a brand new film collectively, however their bond goes again years.
“We’re super close. We both [have] really humble beginnings, worked very hard to get to where we are, we have a lot in common, and we enjoy each other’s company,” Wahlberg informed Fresh News Digital.
Behind the scenes, Wahlberg added that Berry is “so funny” and “very approachable,” which he admitted stunned him.
“I would say I think the thing people would appreciate most is that she’s very much who she appears to be,” he mentioned. “She can do anything, she’s done anything as a force of nature and talent, an actor, director, producer. But the person that you see, whether on social media or in interviews, she’s sweet, she’s funny, she’s feisty, but she is who she appears to be and very approachable, which I wouldn’t expect, because she’s stunning but sweet as they come. It’s amazing.”
Mark Wahlberg informed Fresh News Digital his “stunning” co-star Halle Berry is “as sweet as they come.” (Laura Radford/Netflix)
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Wahlberg and Berry each struggled of their early careers earlier than changing into A-list stars.
Berry began in pageants in Ohio, telling Vogue in 2021 that she wore her promenade costume when she received Miss World as a result of she “couldn’t afford a real one.”
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“That dress got me far. I became Miss Ohio. I became Miss Teen America and Miss USA in the world pageant in this dress,” she added.
The “X-Men” star additionally spent a while in a homeless shelter after shifting to New York to pursue performing after operating out of cash.
Berry informed Vogue in 2021 she wore her promenade costume when she received Miss World as a result of she “couldn’t afford a real one.” (PA Images through Getty Images)
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“I mean, three months later, I was out of my cash,” Berry mentioned, per People in 2017. “I called my mother and asked her to send me some money, and she said no, and that subsequently led to a year of not speaking to her because I was so upset that she wouldn’t help me.”
“But again, that’s probably one of the best things she did for me,” Berry added. “She said, ‘If you want to be there, then you be there, you work it out,’ and I had to work it out,” the actress added.
“We both [have] really humble beginnings, worked very hard to get to where we are, we have a lot in common, and we enjoy each other’s company.”
Wahlberg grew up within the working-class Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, the youngest of 9 kids, battling substances and police hassle after a number of violent acts.
“I do think the one thing I have to my advantage is that I have all this real-life experience that I can apply to my work,” he informed The Guardian in 2020. “I think audiences can definitely sense authenticity. But that came with a real price.”
Wahlberg informed The Guardian, “I think audiences can definitely sense authenticity. But that came with a real price.” (Paul Natkin/WireImage)
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Both stars ended up discovering success in performing and have awards and accolades to their names, together with Berry’s history-making greatest actress Oscar win.
Wahlberg beforehand informed Fresh News Digital the pair have “know each other for such a long time” that their mutual understanding made the chemistry they wanted for his or her new movie, “The Union,” simple to create.
Wahlberg mentioned he and Berry’s bond helped with their chemistry within the movie. (Laura Radford/Netflix © 2024/Getty Images)
“It just came naturally,” he mentioned. “But guys and gals both would really feel like there’s nobody better than Halle Berry, or more believable for a guy to wait 25 years to hopefully get a second chance with her.”
In the movie, Wahlberg performs Mike, a development employee who reconnects along with his highschool ex-girlfriend, Roxanne. But Roxanne has extra in retailer for Mike than reminiscing: She finally ends up pulling him into her action-packed world of secret brokers and espionage.
Wahlberg has mentioned his character is sort of a “blue-collar James Bond.” (Laura Radford/Netflix)
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Wahlberg has described his character as a “blue-collar James Bond” and that idea was “the genesis for this film.”
“[I’m] probably not ever going to get to play James Bond, which is fine, right? Completely understand. We can do our own version,” he informed Entertainment Weekly. “And we came up with this idea, and then, next thing you know, we pitched it to Netflix … and they loved the idea, and here we are.”
“The Union” premieres on Netflix on Aug. 16.
