Mark Wahlberg won't encourage son to act if he doesn't take it seriously
Mark Wahlberg won't "encourage" his aspiring actor son to follow him into the profession because the teenager isn't taking things "seriously".
Mark Wahlberg won't "encourage" his aspiring actor son to follow him into the profession.
The 54-year-old actor - who has Ella, 22, Michael, 19, Brendan, 17, and 15-year-old Grace with his wife, 47-year-old model Rhea Durham - admitted one of his kids has expressed an interest in following in his footsteps but when he asked the teenager if he wanted to audition to work with him on 2023's Family Plan, the youngster declined so Mark has vowed not to "push" his offspring if he isn't going to take his career seriously.
Mark told US TV show Extra: "My son has mentioned it a couple of times, and then I actually asked him if he wanted to audition to play my son in Family Plan, and then he balked at that, and then we were doing the sequel, and he was like, ‘Dad, I should have done that.'
"I'm not going to push him, and if he's not going to take it seriously, I'm not going to encourage it … If he's giving me the same attitude about getting up for school as he's giving me to get up to go to work, I can't have that.”
The Play Dirty actor admitted all his kids find his career "pretty silly".
He said: “They think it's all pretty silly.
“I'm just Dad… you know, silly, always willing to make fun of myself to make them laugh.
“I'm shooting a movie right now in Boston, so they came to visit me there, which was a lot of fun.”
Mark is known for his tough schedule, which includes getting up at 3am to workout, and he insisted the "discipline" he applies to himself has been hugely beneficial to his life and career.
He said: “Discipline has afforded me many wonderful things in my life. It's a thing that I really attribute to all my success, both personally and professionally… I recommend it to everybody.”
Mark shot his latest movie, Play Dirty, in Australia, and it was tough being "away from home" on the other side of the world for such a long stretch.
He recently told People magazine: "You know, it's a difficult shoot a long time away from home, we shot in Australia. It's very far away, missing family."
His wife and kids did visit him during the shoot, and he insisted the "biggest sacrifice" is being away from his loved ones, while he can handle the physical demands of action movies at this stage in his career.
He explained: "I think that's the biggest sacrifice, but you know, for me the action stuff is easy.
"I've kind of I've done it all. I'm not worried about doing my own stunts. I'm more worried about bringing this character to life."
