Wahlberg Watch 3: He's Unstoppable! Plus: Why Brits Are Better Than Us
By Sarah Carlson
March 30, 2007
Our Favorite Man Ever has signed on to star in director M. Night Shyamalan's next thriller "The Happening," about a family on the run from an apocalyptic threat to humanity slated to open Friday, June 13, 2008. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wahlberg will play Elliot Moore, the science teacher at the center of the "event," whatever it is. Shyamalan is teaming back up with producers Sam Mercer and Barry Mendel, who produced "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable," and wrote the original screenplay himself. Here's hoping he doesn't cast himself in the lynch-pin role -- spilling his own secrets in an egotastical fashion -- unless of course he's one of the Four Horsemen that Wahlberg hunts, captures, swears at and then shoots. "Are you ready for Armageddon?!" "Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe go f*** yourself." M. Night letting Dignam kill him is pretty much the only way he can atone for "Lady in the Water."
In other casting news: A cast has been set for "The Best Times of Our Lives," starring Cillian Murphy, Kiera Knightley, Matthew Rhys and ... Lindsay Lohan? Three talented British/Irish actors and ... Lindsay Lohan? According to the Reporter, "the film chronicles the relationships between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys), his wife Caitlin (Lohan), his childhood friend Vera Phillips (Knightley) and her eventual husband William Killick (Murphy)." A trip to Wikipedia tells me Thomas was a raging alcoholic, so having Lohan be in any way involved makes sense on that front. But here's my recent beef: The British are kicking our ass in terms of acting -- just look at the Oscars and Golden Globes. So why turn to an American actress when you can find an even better British one? Why cast Anne Hathaway (pictured) as Jane Austen? Why are the three leads in "The Other Boleyn Girl" either American or Australian? I'm being a bit of a hypocrite, seeing as I loved "Bridget Jones's Diary," and maybe this isn't something worth complaining about. But Lindsay Lohan's presence in any film makes me want to avoid it.
I'm going to go back to thinking about Dignam stealing Night's horse and leading a charge against the Antichrist -- maybe Cheney will be available for that role.
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