Mark Wahlberg reveals tensions with Martin Scorsese on The Departed set: ‘We had a couple of issues’

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Mark Wahlberg has admitted that he had a number of disagreements with Martin Scorsese whereas filming The Departed.

Wahlberg, 52, greatest recognized for starring in Ted and Boogie Nights, has mirrored on making the 2006 movie, together with a number of “issues” he skilled regarding his hair.

“I was a little pissed about a couple things,” Wahlberg mentioned of his time on set.

“I was trying to grow my hair out, which is why I had that weird hair. You know, everybody’s like, what was that wig about,” the actor advised Josh Horowitz, the host of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

“It was not a wig, I was just trying to grow my hair for the next film”.

Wahlberg was within the course of of making Invincible, which additionally got here out in 2006. After capturing the movie, the actor returned to Scorsese’s set, this time with hair extensions, however was advised he had to take away them.

“They were like, ‘oh you gotta take out the extensions’. [This] s*** took eight hours. I’m not gonna take this out. We had a couple of issues,” he defined.

It echoes an earlier 2018 interview with GQ, through which the star first revealed he and the director butted heads.

Looking again on the disagreements they had, nevertheless, Wahlberg mentioned he understood the place Scorsese was coming from.

“He [Scorsese] had to deal with Jack [Nicholson], he had to deal with Matt [Damon] and Leo [DiCaprio] and Alec [Baldwin] and everything in the studio. And then I was supposed to be in and out in five weeks”.

Wahlberg performed Sergeant Dignam in The Departed, an officer within the Massachusetts State Police Department, and was nominated for an Oscar for his efficiency.

The actor starred alongside Hollywood mainstays Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson.

The Departed went on to gather 4 Academy Awards together with a win for Scorsese within the class of Best Director. While making the movie, Scorsese mentioned that he resisted movie studio stress to vary the movie’s ending.