Mark Wahlberg taking up the director’s chair in his next endeavor seems like the kind of logical progression you would expect in Hollywood. 2018 is set to be the year that he makes his directorial debut but he’s being pretty silent about it so far other than to say that the movie will be based on a true story and set in Wisconsin. For all we know he could be filming a Green Bay Packer’s biopic, but I doubt it, Wahlberg is after all a well-known Patriots fan. Whatever the film turns out to be though it has a good chance to either succeed or flop since Wahlberg has never been in this position before. There’s hope that he will at least give a good showing in his first time out as the director of a film, but we’ll have to wait and see.
According to Wahlberg he’s already allowed his friend and soon to be fellow director Peter Berg to look at the script he’s thinking of taking to film, and is a little bit worried that Berg might try to beat him to it. Hopefully that won’t happen but even if it doesn’t Wahlberg is going to have his hands full trying to adjust to the new role and the responsibilities it brings. Something tells me it might be a challenge he’s not quite ready for but one that he should be able to push through in his customary way. Wahlberg doesn’t seem to be a man that likes to give up or give in to pressure, and as a result I think he’ll do just fine.
This seems to happen with a lot of actors when it comes to making their way through their career. They begin as rookies and fumble and flub their lines a bit as they get into acting, and then some sort of event triggers their acting ability and they take off. Some come in and start doing great from the start, while others have to take a while in order to really get the gist of it and gain the kind of notoriety they want. Wahlberg wasn’t the greatest actor when he first came in but he wasn’t that bad either. He had a lot of energy and still does, but has calmed down since the days of Fear, The Big Hit, and even Four Brothers.
Back then his characters were so intense that it was hard to imagine he’d go that far if he kept up with the same typecast character. Of course then he was in The Happening and went the complete opposite way and was virtually ignored, as though people were embarrassed for him. Then movies such as We Own the Night and Shooter and then Patriot’s Day came along and by that time he’d calmed down and was a far more balanced actor and as such could command an audience in a much more efficient manner.
Maybe some of that experience will help him transition into the role of a director and help him to keep his cool during the moments when other directors tend to lose their minds. Here’s hoping he does well.
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