Daily News | Mark Wahlberg as ‘Father Stu’ is a moving film about redemption
Mark Wahlberg has been preparing for his latest role as bad boy pugilist turned Catholic priest, Father Stuart Long, his entire life.
Life happens: He falls in love with a devout Catholic, converts to Catholicism, has a near death experience and after that decides to become a priest. After all of that, the rector of the seminary refuses to admit him because of his past. After a short time in the seminary, he’s diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a rare and fatal auto-immune disease that causes muscle atrophy and shuts down bodily functions. Eventually he’s ordained, but is only a priest for four years, before dying at an assisted living facility in Montana in 2014 at 50.
Wahlberg learned of Long’s story seven years ago while having dinner with two priests. He invested his own money and began working on the project. Gibson’s girlfriend, Rosalind Ross wrote the screenplay and directs the film. Wahlberg’s transformation to the ailing Father Stu is so complete, it’s only a matter of time before the Oscar buzz begins.
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