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Mark Wahlberg has been on his A-game for a while now. From starring in multiple big-budget productions and taking home heft paychecks, the actor has been having the time of his life in Hollywood. While his movies might not always receive a ton of praise from the critics, they sure are pretty entertaining.
Mark Wahlberg also became a part of the extremely popularTransformersfranchise as he played the role of Cade Yeager. The actor made hisTransformersdebut withAge of Extinction,a film that made over a billion dollars at the box office! Of course, there was no way Mark Wahlberg would sit out the next film after witnessing such success, and a fresh script sure helped him make his decision concretely.
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Mark Wahlberg Loved the Script ofTransformers 5
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After knocking it out of the park withTransformers: Age of Extinction,Mark Wahlbergwanted to do something different withTransformers: The Last Knight.Luckily, the film’s fresh script brought his thoughts to life. Talking to Collider, Wahlberg stated that he was pleasantly surprised after reading the film’s script and how it was a“nice departure”from its predecessor.
“I was pleasantly surprised, you want to do something different and being this kind of ‘man on the run’ adventure story is a nice departure from what we did before.”
Not only didTransformers 5offer Wahlberg an out-of-the-box script, but it also gave his character a love interest. Laura Haddock played the role of Viviane Wembley, who Wahlberg says is smart and sophisticated.
“It introduces new cool characters and Cade’s got this great relationship with this smart, sophisticated English woman and that creates a lot of humor, and there’s a lot of new characters that are cool.”
When asked if it was true that Cade and Viviane have a lot of back and forth going on in the film, theTedactor replied in an affirmative. He stated, that neither of the characters was a pushover and the constant back and forth delivered great comedy.
“Yes, which is fun because by the time I get to England I’m definitely a fish out of water, but Cade’s not pushover either so between Anthony [Hopkins]’s character, her (Laura Haddock) character, there’s a lot of great comedy that comes from that, a lot of things to play off of. I certainly try to give them a run for their money.”
The film went on to make a little over $605 million at the box office on a budget of $217-260 million. While this might seem like a good run at first glance, it certainly was not the case. According to reports, the film lost Paramount more than a $100 million and was a commercial failure. Wahlberg did not return to reprise his character in the next film.
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Why Wasn’t Mark Wahlberg inRise of the Beasts?
If fans were looking forward to seeing Cade in the newest addition to the franchise, they sure were met with disappointment. Wahlberg did not reprise his role in the movie and there is a pretty solid reason why.Transformers: Rise of the Beastswent in a different direction than what fans saw inMichael Bay’s films.
The film takes place years and years before the events of Bay’s films even took place. Obviously, this makes the appearance of Cade, a human, absolutely impossible. According to this timeline, it will be a while before Cade meets the famous Optimus Prime.
Will Wahlberg be seen in any of the futureTransformersfilms? Not as long as Bay does not come back. Before the film’s screening, the actor made it clear that the fifth film was going to be his last. Wahlberg stated,“This will be the last one in the series [for me], Michael Bay says it’s the last one, so that means it’s going to be my last one.”
Since Bay is burned out by all theTransformersfilms he has made and does not plan on returning to the director’s chair, it’s safe to say that Wahlberg won’t be reprising his role either.
Transformers: Rise of the Beastsis currently in theatres.
Source:Collider
Mishkaat Khan
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A connoisseur of all things horror, fantasy, and the occasional chick flick, Mishkaat has been penning pieces for FandomWire since 2022. She started off as an intern and has worked her way up to a Senior Writer with over 2000 articles to her name.Outside of entertainment, she has also written well-researched medical content as a freelance writer and has experience in social media management.When not writing, you can find her relaxing with a romance novel and a tall glass of iced coffee in her hand or watching re-runs of ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Office.’
