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The Wahlberg Express | Weldon Ryckman
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This is a great story . These are the words Mark Wahlberg says after reading a script. He is discriminate, yes, but moreover he is polite. Just because he thinks, or says, that a story is great doesn’t mean he will help make a movie out of it. It will make a good movie. These words are said to just over half of the scripts he reads. He doesn’t say it directly to the script, though he does speak to scripts on occasion. What are you trying to do to me? is something he says to scripts, just loud enough for the script to hear him. He likes the word script instead of screenplay . More Latin, and thus Romantic. Just like him. Legend has it. We are ecstatic. Mark is in attendance at the contest this year. He has attended in the past, but not for six years. We had begun to lose momentum, particularly when we had to cancel last year after the measles outbreak. It’s because of our resilience that we believe Mark will join us. A show of faith.…

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