That search led the star toMile 22, his latest collaboration with helmer Peter Berg.
Finding something of my own that Im passionate about and can rev up and deliver is of great interest.
I wasnt going to direct this, Mark wasnt going to act in this, Berg tells EW.
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I really hadnt thought about it and I talked to Mark about it, continued Berg.
It kind of checked that box of not being another true story.
He had a slot open and theres no one I want to work with more.
I was kind of hooked on the story, which I was involved in creating.
The goal was originally Iko.
Mark had seenThe Raid, so he knew of Iko and he was into the idea of it too.
I needed to take a film off, admits Berg.
InLone Survivor, there were 19 SEALs killed.
The Deepwater rig, there were 11 men killed.
The marathon, there were four people killed.
Its intense making these kinds of films.
Its a pretty violent movie.
When the pair decided thatMile 22was their kind of fun, the film became something different.
Quite a bit, I play guys that exist in the gray area.
[Silva] reminded me of Tommy Lee Jones inThe Fugitive, shares Wahlberg.
He didnt give a s.This is what I got to do.
Everybody else, figure it out.
Now Wahlberg waits to see if like Jones he can bring character back for more.
Mile 22, which also stars Lauren Cohan and John Malkovich, runs into theaters on Friday.
