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Sofia said it
was terrible doing the love scenes and
that you needed to do some practice?
Tyrese Gibson: Yeah. We
definitely needed some practice.
Tyrese, what
was it like working opposite another
musical artist?
Tyrese Gibson: I loved it.
Just like now, sitting here at this
table and I see a lot of the energy and
momentum that goes on. You get around
people that have accomplished way more
and done way more films and your just
inspired by the momentum. And that’s how
I felt from the script. That I could
really sit back and allow all this to
happen in front of me. And I take notes
and I take it all in. I’m inspired and
motivated by greatness. It was good to
be around those fellas. We had fun every
day. I felt like I was in high school.
Was Mark a good role model? In terms
of what he’s gone through music and then
turning to acting?
Tyrese Gibson: Well, I don’t
know Mark’ story as much as probably the
press and the media do. Only what he
told me. Only what he let me in on.
Mark Wahlberg:
Probably more of the truth than I told
anyone.
Bobby Mercer is
this anti-hero. Why doesn’t he have a
sex life?
Mark Wahlberg: It would just
be a distraction. There were other
little ways to make him likable, to show
compassion. All the tough love that I
gave my brothers was kind of with a
wink. But it would have just watered it
down. They talked about him having a
girlfriend. He didn’t need it. I would
have refused. I made movies before that
were going to be rated R and
compromised. It was Rock Star. We kind
of had to compromise. And I beat myself
in the head everyday. If they were right
and the movie was a huge hit, then I
would have said ok, then I would have
listened. But this time around was about
making things alittle bit softer.
Alittle bit more down. We liked that
John was commited to doing that. We also
needed to make the character likable.
Not to root for them. But this is what
I’ve grown up on.
Is there a favorite movie that you
love?
Mark Wahlberg: Taxi driver.
Who are you
more like in Taxi Driver?
Mark Wahlberg: Well, I think
that’s going to give you too much
insight to my twisted mind. I’m catching
on. I’m saying a lot less and less. But
that’s not my favorite movie.
Oh, so what is
your favorite?
Mark Wahlberg: I don’t have a
favorite movie right now. Hustle and
Flow was good.
Tyrese Gibson:
My favorite is Hurricane. I
just thought Denzel could do no wrong in
that movie.
What makes you
say yes to a film?
Mark Wahlberg: If I would
want to go out and see this movie. I’d
like to do it.
And you want a
director like Singleton, who is open to
collaboration?
Mark Wahlberg: Well, all the
directors…Scorsese was open to
collaboration. He said you open the
script and said you know this world
better than me, say whatever you want as
long is it gives the audience the kind
of information that they need. He was
saying that some of the shit I was
saying, I need to put subtitles.
Tyrese, how
have you developed in acting from your
first film until now? Do you think you
have a little more to go?
Tyrese Gibson: I have a long
way to go in acting. When I feel like I
show up to a film and I haven’t learned
anything. That’s when I feel like I have
arrived. No two experiences are the
same. I think that some of the most
intimidating people that I’ve worked
with are like Cole Hauser and Giovanni
Ribisi. It’s like damn, I really got to
fire myself up to do a scene with them.
Other than that the scenes are really
comfortable. The challenge in them, they
all weigh the same, but they weren’t as
intimidating as …bam! Like what is it
about this dude that I’m just a little
shook up right now.
How did you prepare for the car
scenes?
Mark Wahlberg: I prepare for
every single thing. I remember being a
young actor thinking oh god this scene
is going to be difficult. Its just a
matter of being prepared and making the
scene as real as possible.
Nothing typical
that you guys had to do to prepare for
that?
Mark Wahlberg: Not really.
Except we had to play hockey. I hadn’t
skated in 27 years.
Tyrese Gibson:
My jaws were hurting. I was
laughing everyday.
Will there be an Italian Job 2?
Mark Wahlberg: I get the
script tomorrow.
In the film you
poke fun at Jack, calling him gay. Was
that in the script or did you add that
in on your own?
Mark Wahlberg: It was in the
script. That whole thing giving him a
hard time because there’s no real metal
heads in the hood, so, for him to have
the courage to act like a rocker and put
on make up and stuff…that was the butt
end of the joke. The scenes that were
actually scripted, didn’t make it in the
movie because the improv lines were
written so well that they thought it
would be overkill.
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