Mark Wahlberg wasn’t a stranger to Halle Berry after they started working collectively in The Union!
Within the upcoming Netflix romantic motion thriller, the 2 veteran actors play a pair of ex-lovers who reconnect over a reasonably excessive mission. Wahlberg wasn’t going into unfamiliar territory as he and Berry have already got a friendship, making the work straightforward.
“It was so easy,” he tells ET’s Denny Directo throughout a coaching session alongside Berry. “I was a big fan for a long time and we’ve been friendly for a long time but we haven’t had a chance to work together.”
Within the movie, Wahlberg performs Mike McKenna, a person who has settled on his life in his hometown of New Jersey. After an evening along with his highschool ex-girlfriend, Roxanne Corridor (Berry), he believes there is a shot for reconciliation. Whereas he might not be improper, it comes with a stage of CIA coaching and a mission that sees Mike (a no one) falling into the world of The Union, to assist save American spies.
“This is about a guy who’d do anything to impress the most important woman in his life,” Wahlberg says. “He basically made it 25 years, still at home, still hanging around the same places waiting for her to walk through that door.”
With regards to working with an ex, Wahlberg echoes Berry’s sentiments, with a powerful “No.” Nonetheless, he believes followers might stay out that dream by means of his character.
“They live vicariously through my character so there’s always that. I think, for the character, he always felt like they had just taken a break,” he says about Mike and Roxanne. “It’s always gonna have another opportunity, at least he was hoping that would happen.”
He provides, “Even though you may have had a couple of other part-time relationships, there was only one person who hits hard. And that’s her character.”
Talking of hitting onerous, when it got here all the way down to coaching for the movie, Wahlberg caught to his each day 4 a.m. begin time. For Berry, that did not work, leaving her to do her coaching with out him. Their time collectively did reveal a enjoyable truth for the actress.
“He goes hard,” Berry says about her co-star’s time within the health club. “He does go to bed early. Fun fact, I didn’t know that about Mark Wahlberg.”
The Union premieres Aug 16 on Netflix.
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