Mark Wahlberg, he’s embracing the unavoidable. The actor and former singer turned 52 in June, and he’s ready to play the roles that accurately represent his age.Wahlberg has a new film coming out on Apple TV+ on December 15, called The Family Plan.
He stars opposite Michelle Monaghan in the action comedy where he plays Dan Morgan, a suburban father of 3 and a car salesman, whose past as a top-level government assassin comes back to haunt him.
Talking to Entertainment Tonight, Wahlberg said he has no problem playing “dad” on screen, “I’m a dad now -- embracing my old age,” the father of 4 said.
In the film, Morgan has two teenage children, played by Zoe Colletti Van Crosby. The Father Stu director said playing a father with grown kids is something other stars his age might have a problem with. “A lot of guys my age in the business would probably say, ‘Well, that character has grown kids or kids in their late teens, I don’t want to play that role,” he explained.
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