Mark Wahlberg Says He's Asked God's Forgiveness For His Role In 'Boogie Nights'

Nick Kangadis | October 24, 2017
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Finally! A story about Hollywood that doesn’t have to do with the disgusting practice of sexual assault and harassment.

Actor Mark Wahlberg has had a long and successful career which has included hits such as “The Other Guys,” “The Departed” and “Invincible.” But Wahlberg has admittedly made some “poor choices” in his time in Hollywood, and he says he has asked God to forgive him.

“I just always hope that God is a movie fan and also forgiving,” Wahlberg told the Chicago Tribune, “because I've made some poor choices in my past.”

“‘Boogie Nights’ is up there at the top of the list,” Wahlberg continued.

Wahlberg was referring to the 1997 Oscar-nominated and critically acclaimed film that brought him into the mainstream of Hollywood’s leading men.

According to IMDb, “Boogie Nights” is “the story of a young man’s adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.”

The Chicago Tribune also reported on Wahlberg’s motive for attending a Catholic Church gathering in Chicago:

Wahlberg — who famously portrayed porn star Dirk Diggler in that 1970s-set film — was in Chicago to support Cupich's effort to draw young people into the church.

He told Inc. that he believed his own troubled adolescence, which included time spent in prison for a racist assault on a Vietnamese immigrant, might make it easier for Chicago youths caught up in violent crime to relate to how he turned his life around with the church's help.

“It's one thing to give money, or to start programs, but to be there and be able to talk to them, and tell them there is someone who has been through the same things they are going through and was able to turn their life around, and turn it into a big positive,” Wahlberg said. “That's always important.”

This is a nice change of pace from the news that has been flooding out of Hollywood over the past few weeks. To hear someone near the top of the food chain in Hollywood speak so freely about the mistakes they’ve made and the repentance they seek is refreshing.

“I feel remorse when I’ve made mistakes,” Wahlberg said. “If I could go back and change a lot of things that I did, I would. I look for ways to give back.”

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