Mark Wahlberg REFUSED to star in iconic Oscar-winning film due to being 'creeped out' by its same-sex storyline - after Brad Pitt passed on 'controversial' project Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Eve Buckland For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:42, 7 July 2024 | Updated: 15:50, 7 July 2024 e-mail View comments Mark Wahlberg passed up the opportunity to star in one of the most iconic movies of all-time due to feeling 'creeped out' by its same-sex storyline.
Wahlberg, now 53, and best known for roles in The Departed and The Transformers franchise, could have starred in 2005 Ang Lee epic, Brokeback Mountain - which became one of the most successful LGBTQ + films in history and netted three Oscars . However Wahlberg confessed to feeling uncomfortable due to the 'graphic, descriptive' nature of the script - which tells the tale of two American cowboys turned gay lovers - with the roles ultimately played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal . In a 2007 interview Wahlberg said the film's first sex scene between the cowboys Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist left him convinced the film 'wasn't his deal', He said: 'I met with Ang Lee in that movie, I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out.
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