Mark Wahlberg’s wife ‘dove under the covers’ when she saw the actor shave his head for a bald role in ‘Flight Risk’
Mark Wahlberg shared his wife Rhea Durham’s reaction after the actor shaved his head to play his bald character in the new film “Flight Risk.”
In a recent interview with “Extra,” the 53-year-old actor explained that he chose to go bald rather than wear a bald cap for his role in the Mel Gibson-directed thriller.
“I don’t want to sit there and wait two hours in a chair and put on a bald cap and stick pieces of hair in and get touch-ups,” Wahlberg said. “Like, clean, finish, you know, decide in the morning because the pimples grow, so clean the floor and you can relax all day.”
Mark Wahlberg recalled his wife Rhea Durham’s reaction to his bald appearance for his role in “Flight Risk.” (Lionsgate YouTube/Getty)
Although Wahlberg was satisfied with his decision, he recalled that Durham, 46, was shocked when he first saw his new look.
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“You dove under the covers, bro,” Wahlberg said with a laugh.
“He was like ‘Aaah, get out of here,’ but then he got used to it,” he added. “He thought it was cool after a while.”
The actor chose to shave his head rather than wear 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 precious thing was seeing my wife’s face when I took off my hat after cutting my hair at work that day.”
In June, Wahlberg revealed his shaved head for the first time in a photo he posted on Instagram.
“No bald hat on me,” she captioned a photo of herself with her hairdresser. “We’re all going in.”
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During a June interview with People magazine, Wahlberg explained in detail how he achieved his character’s look.
“I shaved down the middle and left the horseshoe on the sides,” he told the outlet. “They would shave the top as close to the scalp as possible every day, obviously, because we didn’t have stubble or anything. So I just hid it with a hat.”
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“But the most important thing was seeing my wife’s face when I took off my hat after cutting my hair that day,” Wahlberg said at the time.
“Flight Risk” was directed and produced by Mel Gibson. (Lionsgate)
While speaking with “Extra,” Wahlberg recalled that he got so comfortable with the haircut that he sometimes “forgot about it.”
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“I was at a UFC event and I saw it on the Jumbotron and I was wearing a hat,” said the two-time Oscar nominee. “I was going to take my hat off just to greet everyone respectfully and I realized I had it on.”
“My son then tried to rip it off,” Wahlberg recalled. “I was like, ‘Dude, you can’t show the hair right now because I don’t want to blow up the movie.’
This thriller hit the theaters on 24th Jan. (Lionsgate)
“I wanted the first time for people to see it in the context of the film, whatever it is [in] the trailer or the movie itself.”
Along with Wahlberg, “Flight Risk” also stars Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace. The synopsis of the film reads, “A US marshal boards a small plane to transport a government witness to New York. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions begin to rise as not everyone on the plane is who they seem.”
“Flight Risk” was released in theaters on Jan. 24.
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