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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
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. ‘That line has moved, it has been mocked, it has been everything in between, but I remember coming out of that scene, off that ridge of the hill, and seeing a number of the crew, some of whom didn’t even know what the movie was about, crying,’ Jake recalled.
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