Mark Wahlberg shared his wife Rhea Durham’s stunned reaction after the actor shaved his head to play his balding character in the new film ‘Flight Risk’.
During a recent interview with “Extra”, The 53-year-old actor explained that he chose to go partially hairless rather than wear a bald cap for his role in the Mel Gibson-directed action thriller.
“I don’t want to have to sit there in the chair for two hours, wait, put on a bald cap and then glue bits of hair on and then touch it up,” Wahlberg said. “Like, shave it, be done with it, you know, trim it in the morning because the stubble keeps growing, so just shave it off and then you can be free all day.”
Mark Wahlberg recalled his wife Rhea Durham’s reaction to his bald look for his role in “Flight Risk.” (Lionsgate YouTube/Getty)
Although Wahlberg was satisfied with his decision, he remembered it Durham, 46, was shocked when she first saw his new appearance.
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“She ducked under the covers, buddy,” Wahlberg said, laughing.
“She was like, ‘Aaah, go away,’ but then she got used to it,” he added. “She thought it was cool after a while.”
The actor chose to shave his head instead of wearing a bald cap. (Lionsgate YouTube)
Wahlberg and Durham, who tied the knot in 2009, share daughters Ella, 21, and Grace, 15, and sons Michael, 18, and Brendan, 16.
“The most priceless thing was seeing my wife’s face when I took off my hat after getting my hair cut for work that day.”
In June, Wahlberg first revealed his shaved head in a photo he shared on Instagram.
“No bald cap for me,” he captioned a photo of himself with his hairstylist. “We’re going all the way.”
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During an interview in June with People magazine, Wahlberg explained how he achieved his character’s look.
“I shaved the center and left the horseshoe on the sides,” he told the outlet. “They obviously shave the top as close to the scalp as possible every day, because we didn’t have any stubble or anything. So I just hid it with a hat.”
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“But the most valuable thing was seeing my wife’s face when I took off my hat after getting my hair cut for work that day,” Wahlberg said at the time.
“Flight Risk” was directed and produced by Mel Gibson. (Lions Gate)
While speaking to “Extra,” Wahlberg recalled that he felt so comfortable cutting hair that he sometimes “forgot.”
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“I was at a UFC event and I appeared on the Jumbotron and I had a hat on,” said the two-time Oscar nominee said. “I was about to take off my hat to greet everyone out of respect, and I realized I had it on.”
“And then my son tried to take it off,” Wahlberg recalls. “I was like, ‘Dude, you can’t show the hair right now because I don’t want to blow-dry it for the movie.'”
The action thriller premiered in theaters on January 24. (Lions Gate)
“I wanted people to see it for the first time in the context of the movie, whether it was (in) the trailer or the movie itself.”
In addition to Wahlberg, “Flight Risk” also stars Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace. A summary of the film’s plot reads: “A U.S. Marshal boards a small plane to ferry a government witness to New York. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions begin to rise as not everyone board is who they appear to be.”
“Flight Risk” was released in theaters on January 24.
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