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(Actor) Mark Wahlberg Slams Eminem, Affleck, and Damon
Hollywood.com ^ | 04/19/2005 | World Entertainment News Network (WENN)

Posted on 04/20/2005 4:10:52 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hollywood hunk Mark Wahlberg has slammed Eminem, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for giving a false impression of tough, impoverished childhoods in their music and films.

The Italian Job star has lambasted Damon, his co-star in new movie The Departed, for romanticizing difficult upbringings in Good Will Hunting, his debut film with Affleck.

Wahlberg--who blames his assault conviction 17 years ago on his harsh childhood--has also attacked rapper Eminem for idealizing his difficult formative years in his biopic 8 Mile, in an interview with Details magazine.

The 33-year-old actor complains, "My childhood wasn't like some 8 Mile bulls**t where you go and have a rap-off.

"Or like West Side Story, where you all start dancing and s**t. If I make a film about my upbringing it's going to be about more than a f**king kid doing math, like in Good Will Hunting, you know what I mean?"


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: actors; growup; hollywood; whocares
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To: Senator Pardek

Somebody has photoshopped a pic of somebody elses head onto a pic of your body again.


21 posted on 04/20/2005 4:24:32 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: sean327

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1387701/posts?page=17#17


22 posted on 04/20/2005 4:25:04 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: cyborg

Takes one to know one. I doubt Marky Mark had as many street fights as I did. But now I've got religion and grandkids and he's got big bucks. :-}


23 posted on 04/20/2005 4:25:11 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Gewittermädchen

Marky Mark, Marky Mark, Marky Mark. So there!

He was good in "The Perfect Storm."


24 posted on 04/20/2005 4:25:52 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: jwalsh07

Hehehe well grandbabies will wake up most people :-)


25 posted on 04/20/2005 4:26:11 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He's quite well-built! What's the old expression? Like a brick ____ with the roof blown off!

/dol


26 posted on 04/20/2005 4:29:29 PM PDT by AlbionGirl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"AFFLECK!"


27 posted on 04/20/2005 4:31:32 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: cyborg

LOL, it's a funny thing though, the older I get the more fights I had and the tougher I was. Go figure. :-}


28 posted on 04/20/2005 4:37:47 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: sean327
"...he was in the gayest band known to man. The New Kids On The Block."

That title belongs to the early 90s group, Color Me Badd (I Wanna Sex You Up).


29 posted on 04/20/2005 4:38:39 PM PDT by MisterRepublican
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I was forced to assault (and brand) several hundred steers every year in my youth. I'd have rather fought street punks.


30 posted on 04/20/2005 4:38:44 PM PDT by SoDak (hoist that rag!)
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To: dfwgator

Without NKOTB he would be a nobody.

Same as Britney Spear's sister and Jessica Simpson's...


32 posted on 04/20/2005 5:33:51 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Racer

Wahlberg?

I'd wish you luck. He is actually a tough SOB.


33 posted on 04/20/2005 7:21:07 PM PDT by sharktrager (The masses will trade liberty for a more quiet life.)
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To: SoDak

"I was forced to assault (and brand) several hundred steers every year in my youth. I'd have rather fought street punks"

Heard that! (no pun intended) I 'worked' cattle for over 35 yrs. Kicked, stomped on, butted w/wo horns, run over a few times. And was stupid enough to ride a bull in a rodeo, just once.


34 posted on 04/20/2005 7:46:31 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
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To: AlbionGirl
He's quite well-built! What's the old expression? Like a brick ____ with the roof blown off!

Hey, thanks for the compliment! I'm flattered.

35 posted on 04/20/2005 7:49:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Harmful Or Fatal If Swallowed)
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To: Zuriel

I rode a bull too, for maybe 3 seconds when I was 18. My roommate in my first year of college was a bull rider. Had a Charolais bull catch me unawares and push me through a barn wall too, once. I liked it though, and kind of miss it everytime I'm troubleshooting a fileserver.


36 posted on 04/20/2005 7:55:55 PM PDT by SoDak (hoist that rag!)
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To: Petronski

Yes Donnie Wahlberg was very good in BoB. He made me forget all about NKOTB. But when I saw Nixon, in BoB, I kept thinking of Office Space.


38 posted on 04/20/2005 10:03:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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