Mark Wahlberg still has the infamous prosthetic from Boogie Nights, and he’s keeping it locked up, probably for a couple of good reason. “Yes, yes. It’s in a secure locked away,” Wahlberg said during an appearance on The Ellen Show. “It’s not something I could pass over. Rapidly my kids are searching for a spare phone charger and pull that thing out and go, ‘What the heck is that this?!’ It wouldn’t be a very good look.”
Imagine them digging for a phone charger and pulling out Dirk Diggler’s legendary accessory. Yeah, that’s definitely not a conversation any parent desires to have. The prosthetic, in fact, was central to Wahlberg’s breakout role as Eddie Adams, aka Dirk Diggler, in Boogie Nights – a movie concerning the rise and fall of the p*rn industry within the ’70s and ’80s.
Mark Wahlberg’s performance was a game-changer, proving that the guy who once fronted Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch could do way more than rapping and attractiveness. It wasn’t just concerning the laughs but about portraying a personality that felt each larger-than-life and painfully human.
On the time, Mark Wahlberg wasn’t exactly expected to change into a Hollywood heavyweight, but Boogie Nights flipped that script. His role proved the naysayers incorrect. “You do something remotely interesting, ‘Oh my god, he’s implausible!’ Next thing you understand, they nominate me for an Oscar and I didn’t even do anything,” Wahlberg shared to Ellen. “But I definitely worked harder than everybody and I desired to be sure that that I could prove to filmmakers that I used to be able to doing the very best job for them and I’d do anything for them.”
Since Boogie Nights, Wahlberg’s profession has skyrocketed – motion movies, Oscar-nominated roles, and even projects like Uncharted and Father Stu. But despite all his achievements, the prosthetic has solidified Boogie Nights in popular culture lore. The proven fact that Wahlberg still has it tucked away in a secure adds to the film’s absurd legacy. It was a turning point in his profession and a reminder of why we still speak about Boogie Nights many years later.
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