Over the past month or so, we’ve been reporting about Mark Wahlberg, who’s made it a point to let the world know that he’s gone ALL OUT to train for his role in The Fighter.
We knew he had gotten legit boxing training, and now that it’s all over, Mark is saying that he was actually boxing during scenes in the film.
Here’s what he had to say about it:
“You have to make it real. I was really hitting people and they hit back. Hard.”
More from Wahlberg:
“This wasn’t a stylized fight it was real boxing.”
Given all the training he went through, we’re certainly not surprised that he chose to actually fight and do all his own stunts in this film.
We’re glad to hear he put so much care into his performance! Guess we’ll see if it pays off once Oscar season rolls around.