So we fought the fight and got the big boat. At one time, Baltasar was very worried because they wanted us to film on a smaller boat and we couldn’t have that. It’s like a city in itself, it’s so gigantic. Wahlberg: Yeah, we had to film on a real ship. Talk a little bit about filming on the real ship and what that was like in terms of the production? I know you filmed on a real ship and that’s one of the cool things, you have that claustrophobic feeling. I’m shooting a movie there now and I’m getting ready to go back down there and I absolutely love it. I’m actually going back down to New Orleans. You’d go to an Italian place in New Orleans from Boston, what? This place called “Vincent’s,” it’s an Italian place. Wahlberg: Yes and I keep going back there. Is there a particular restaurant you ate at again and again? Talk a little bit about filming in New Orleans. But, the first day, she’s being wrapped up in the plastic and the cement and she just jumped right in. And more importantly, I got to like her more after I realized how tough she was and how real she was because, first of all, she’s English and when she starts talking you see this sophistication. How hard was it to pretend to be in love with Kate Beckinsale? Then, of course, the fun of it I also thought was very appealing. It had a grittiness to it that I liked a lot.
There were a lot of different curve balls and all of it seemed like it could happen and it was real. Wahlberg: Well, it was a lot of things, but the big thing that stood out to me as an actor was, I loved the character and how he handled things and reacted to things. Was there one particular thing about the story, the setting that really turned you on to it, that said, “I really want to make this?” Or was it a combination of factors? Also, we knew with Baltasar we could do it for a number that everybody would be really comfortable with and we’d get a lot more bang for our buck, because he’s made a lot of movies for very little money and he knows how to really stretch the budget. There was a lot of buzz around Fighter so it made it a little easier to set it up. Aaron’s a really quick writer and we responded to the material right away, Baltasar wanted to do it, we went out and sold it. Was this one of these projects that came together super fast? Then we met with Baltasar and thought, “You know what? Who better to direct it than him?”
We were attached to do another one of his movies and we just thought he was really talented and he responded to the material right away.
We said immediately, “We have to have the rights to this.” Then we went and hired Aaron, who is also a Boston native, of Brockton. Somebody at our agency had seen it and they signed Baltasar and we just fell in love with it. Hit the jump to read or listen to the interview. In addition, with Wahlberg involved in so many other projects, he talked about The Fighter sequel, the Entourage movie, working with Adam McKay and Will Ferrell again in Three Mississippi, The Departed sequel, Michael Bay's Pain and Gain, Seth MacFarlane's Ted, the untitled Basketball movie with Justin Bieber, and a lot more. During our wide ranging conversation, we talked about the New England Patriots playoff chances (we're both from New England), how he got involved in Contraband, the action scenes, how he prepares for his roles, and what it was like to film on a real ship. Last week I was able to get on the phone with Wahlberg for an exclusive interview. The film also stars Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, J.K. When his brother-in-law ( Caleb Landry Jones) botches a deal, Wahlberg’s character must settle his brother-in-law’s debt in order to keep him safe from a drug boss ( Giovanni Ribisi). Set in the world of international smuggling, the film stars Mark Wahlberg as a man trying to escape his days as a criminal. Opening tomorrow is director Baltasar Kormákur’s crime thriller Contraband.
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