Mark Wahlberg talks 'Father Stu,' faith and more with Raymond Arroyo: 'This is my calling'
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Raymond Arroyo sits down with Mark Wahlberg to talk about his new faith-based movie, the role religion plays in his own life, cancel culture and more.
"I just knew that I needed to make this movie … this was my calling" - Mark Wahlberg
The film, slated to release on Good Friday 2022 and on which Wahlberg also serves as a producer, is the real-life redemption story of Fr. Stuart Long, who journeyed from fighter to Father. And though he has since passed away, it was "not before he was able to inspire thousands upon thousands of people," said Wahlberg of the priest's legacy."He was a guy who was really lost, trying to find his way… eventually makes his way to the priesthood and loses mobility over his body, complete control over all of his muscles in time. And that ends up being the vehicle of his redemption in some ways," said Wahlberg."And they're hard-won redemptive stories," he continued, speaking of not just Father Stu's, but his own.