![]() ![]() I got to step into this entirely different world, and see how different the film industry is compared to the music industry," said Kennedy. But it was a really cool experience for me, nonetheless. But yeah, I had never acted before, and I haven’t acted since. So I’m very grateful to Brendan for that. ![]() So he threw my name out there, and they reached out to me. 4 Film Favorites: Mark Wahlberg (The Perfect Storm, Three Kings, Rock Star, The Corruptor: Platinum Series) Various. "They wanted someone who could sing and also play the role. Detroit Rock City (New Line Platinum Series) 999. Wisely, the producers opted to bring in actual rock musicians to work alongside the cast on screen in the movie.Īlter Bridge singer, Myles Kennedy, played a major part in the movie's ending, and he talked about his experience in an interview. Wahlberg starred in the film alongside Jennifer Aniston and Timothy Olyphant, who all turned in good performances. The movie, which was about an unknown singer taking over singing duties in his favorite band, was loosely based on Judas Priest. While it may be a forgotten flick from the 2000s, the movie is certainly worth looking back on. staff writers Ellen Kim and Erika Gimenes contributed to this report.In 2001, Wahlberg starred in Rock Star, a film that not many people seem to remember. Rock Star, directed by Steve Herek, stars Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Spall and Dominic West. “When I could get them on underneath the pants I would definitely,” he revealed. It’s better than a lot of other stuff that kids are listening to.” “For me to go and make a record and be on MTV with the Backstreet Boys–it just doesn’t seem like it makes any sense to me. That whole corny thing.”īut recording again, either with or without the ‘Bunch,’ isn’t really “in the cards.” This is a song that they actually tried to push me into recording for the soundtrack, doing a video of it. You know, Aerosmith had done their thing with Run DMC. One of the Steel Dragon songs sounds kind of like a rap, see? And as Wahlberg tells us, “ the late ’80s, actually coming up on the ’90s–and rap was pretty big at that time. He’s still tight with the ‘Funky Bunch.’ And there’s a rap scene in “ Rock Star.” If I could hit them all, it would only be my voice.” But whenever we performed, we performed live, so–I’d have to pay attention to. I studied with the vocal coach for six months, but we also had somebody else who sang the songs. A comedy set in the world of 80s rock n roll, 'Rock Star' is the story of an office supplies salesman who moonlights as a musician in a tribute band and whose life is changed forever when he is. But “it was very uncomfortable,” he says of the long mane, which he’s since lost. To look the part, the Hollywood hunk let his hair grow for about a year and a half, and with the help of some extensions, really looks the part. So what does that say about a former rapper, turned underwear model, turned actor, who plays a rock god? “It’s expected, so they push it to the limit.” Musicians, Wahlberg says, are more open and truthful than actors in real life. Actors are so busy lying and trying to portray some image, the littlest thing becomes such a big deal.” “You know, rock stars get away with murder, just about, doing whatever they want. It’s very different from being a movie star, at least from Wahlberg‘s perspective. I just went to as many concerts as I could and hung out with these guys.”Īnd what a life it is, the rock star way. ” I was researching the part pretty early on, actually in the middle of shooting Perfect Storm. I went and hung out with all of these guys,” he says. Nonetheless, when it came time to prepare for the role of Chris Cole, the office supply salesman (and part-time singer in a Steel Dragon cover band) who by a twist of fate becomes the leader singer for the real Steel Dragon, Wahlberg immersed himself in rock god culture. That’s why I was so excited to play the part, to see if I could pull it off, ” he said.įortunately for Wahlberg, he hung out with enough rock gods during his ‘Marky Mark’ days, among them Motley Crue’s lead singer Vince Neil, to know the drill. The star of the aptly named Rock Star, which opens on Friday, never once wanted to be one. Just put a guitar in any young man’s hand and watch his head spin with visions of the fast cars, hot chicks and mad cash that will surely be coming his way. Nearly everyone dreams of being a rock star. ![]()
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