The Huge Star Mark Wahlberg Fumbled The Chance To Work With

Mark Wahlberg is a famed actor in his own right, but recently, the New York Post reported that he had one pitch that he really wanted to see through. Unfortunately, it was a failure from the start. 

When Wahlberg concluded his work on “The Departed,” he went on to other projects, but the movie never left his imagination. Eventually, an idea for a sequel — effectively named “The Departed 2” — was in the works. Wahlberg tapped screenwriter William Monahan to write for the sequel and left it at that. “He’s the kind of guy you just trust to go and write something. And so when we were working on the script for ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ and ‘American Desperado,’ I said, ‘Bill, just go write.’ Warner Bros. likes to have things well-thought out and planned.”

That tactic didn’t turn out so well for the seasoned actor, according to Esquire. “Let’s just say the pitch didn’t go very well,” the Boston native said with a laugh. “Bill didn’t really have anything fleshed out.”

It was a serious letdown for Wahlberg, as it also nixed a perfect opportunity for the actor to work with one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. In “The Departed,” Brad Pitt was set to play Matt Damon’s character, Collin Sullivan, but opted to produce the film instead. That didn’t stop Wahlberg, however, from wanting to bring Pitt and Robert De Niro back for his sequel efforts. “It’d be a pretty good one,” Wahlberg claimed of his “The Departed 2.”

Source: Nicki Swift