Mark Wahlbergis getting candid about a past feud withLeonardo DiCaprio.Wahlberg spoke on Tuesday at the LEAP Foundation conference at UCLA where detailed the tension between the two actors before they filmed 1995’sThe Basketball Diaries, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.“He didn’t want me for the part, and I didn’t think he was right for the part,” Wahlberg. “We both had to really learn how to respect each other, and we earned it.”Wahlberg hasopened up toThe Hollywood Reporterabout the feud in the past. In 2013, he told the outlet that DiCaprio was opposed to the idea of Wahlberg appearing inThe Basketball Diaries.Ron Galella/Getty“Leonardo was like, ‘Over my dead f—— body. Marky Mark’s not going to be in this f—— movie,’” Wahlberg recalled. “Because we’d had a thing — I didn’t even realize it, [but] I was a bit of a d— to him at a charity basketball game. So he was like, ‘This f—— a—— is not going to be in this movie.’”The Hollywood Reporternoted that Avy Kaufman, the casting director, convinced DiCaprio to audition alongside Wahlberg. He continued, “So I come in and I do the audition and I kind of look at him and he kind of looks at me, and then we do a scene, and they’re like, ‘Hmm, this f—— dude’s pretty good, right?’”He concluded, “The next thing you know, boom, we’re hanging out.”RELATED VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Talks Being a Dad to Four KidsAt the LEAP Foundation conference, Wahlberg shared his mindset that his positioned him for success. “It’s having that ‘marathon’ over ‘a sprint’ attitude,” Wahlberg shared, according to theHollywood Reporter. “If it was going to take 22 years, so be it.”Wahlberg and DiCaprio both seem to have put the feud behind them. DiCapriois filmingaQuentin Tarantinomovie,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, withBrad Pitt, while Wahlbergis expandinghis family’s Wahlburger chain.
Mark Wahlbergis getting candid about a past feud withLeonardo DiCaprio.
Wahlberg spoke on Tuesday at the LEAP Foundation conference at UCLA where detailed the tension between the two actors before they filmed 1995’sThe Basketball Diaries, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
“He didn’t want me for the part, and I didn’t think he was right for the part,” Wahlberg. “We both had to really learn how to respect each other, and we earned it.”
Wahlberg hasopened up toThe Hollywood Reporterabout the feud in the past. In 2013, he told the outlet that DiCaprio was opposed to the idea of Wahlberg appearing inThe Basketball Diaries.
Ron Galella/Getty
“Leonardo was like, ‘Over my dead f—— body. Marky Mark’s not going to be in this f—— movie,’” Wahlberg recalled. “Because we’d had a thing — I didn’t even realize it, [but] I was a bit of a d— to him at a charity basketball game. So he was like, ‘This f—— a—— is not going to be in this movie.’”
The Hollywood Reporternoted that Avy Kaufman, the casting director, convinced DiCaprio to audition alongside Wahlberg. He continued, “So I come in and I do the audition and I kind of look at him and he kind of looks at me, and then we do a scene, and they’re like, ‘Hmm, this f—— dude’s pretty good, right?’”
He concluded, “The next thing you know, boom, we’re hanging out.”
RELATED VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Talks Being a Dad to Four Kids
At the LEAP Foundation conference, Wahlberg shared his mindset that his positioned him for success. “It’s having that ‘marathon’ over ‘a sprint’ attitude,” Wahlberg shared, according to theHollywood Reporter. “If it was going to take 22 years, so be it.”
Wahlberg and DiCaprio both seem to have put the feud behind them. DiCapriois filmingaQuentin Tarantinomovie,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, withBrad Pitt, while Wahlbergis expandinghis family’s Wahlburger chain.
source: people.com
