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Nelly Furtado slapped childhood crush Mark Wahlberg several times on Max Payne set: 'His face is getting red'

Nelly Furtado recalls slapping her childhood crush, Mark Wahlberg, several times while filming 'Max Payne': 'His face is getting red.'

Furtado explained that years later, after launching her music career and scoring a Grammy win for a single off her debut album, she was asked to fill a small role in the movie adaptation of the video game franchise, Max Payne. At this point in her career, Furtado's film and TV appearances were mostly limited to singing or playing herself, aside from a brief role in CSI: NY, so she was still learning the do's and don'ts of acting. However, all that inner joy may have complicated her performance: Furtado went on to say that she had trouble crying in what was meant to be a serious moment for the character, but fake tears eventually got her through.

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