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Having already worked with each other in the acclaimed war actionThree Kings, in the following year, Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney joined forces again forThe Perfect Storm. While the latter didn’t manage to replicate the highs of their previous collaboration critically, despite its box-office success, Wahlberg confessed to having an amazing experience with Clooney.
Moreover, during the duo’s tenure in this film, Wahlberg recounted his mom’s encounter with theBatman & Robinstar, which led him to entertain the idea of a potential relationship between his costar and mother.
Mark Wahlberg entertained the prospect of having George Clooney as his stepfather
AlthoughMark Wahlberg‘s mom, Alma Elaine, who passed away in 2021, arrived onThe Perfect Storm‘s set to meet her son, Wahlberg recalled that she was flattered after bumping intoGeorge Clooney. Speaking of the picture Clooney and his mom took on the set, Wahlberg joked (viaVariety) that she probably“liked that picture more than she liked the picture of her own kids”.
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Surprisingly, his mother rejected theBatman & Robinstar’s apparent advances,“He wants to go out with me. I told him I couldn’t.”While it took Wahlberg some time to process, as he didn’t believe her words at first, upon further convincing from his mother, theTedstar entertained the idea of Clooney being his potential stepfather, teasing,“I want a little brother!”
I said, ‘Well, f— it, have a baby with him! I want a little brother! George can be my stepfather. It’s all good!’
Unfortunately, things didn’t ignite between Clooney and Wahlberg’s mom after their brief interaction on the set ofThe Perfect Storm, and the former ended up tying the knot with Amal Clooney in 2014.
We missed out on another George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg team-up
Despite having a blast with Clooney inThe Perfect Storm, Wahlberg refused to star alongside theWolfsstarinOcean’s Eleven. Even though he wasn’t the lone major star to drop the offer, as other A-listers, includingJohnny Depp, were also approached to star in the Steven Soderbergh film, Clooney revealed (viaEW) that they all regretted rejecting it.
They did. Some very famous people told us to fk right off. Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp. There were others. They regret it now. I regret doing f*ing Batman.
Given the duo’s chemistry in their previous works together, it’s not hard to see Wahlberg rockingOcean’s Elevenalong with theBatman & Robinstar.
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The Perfect Stormis available to rent on Apple TV.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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