Mark Wahlberg Spoils The Departed For Yahya Abdul-Mateen

Episode Description

Mark Wahlberg & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II sit down to talk By Any Means... Mark as real-life mob hitman Greg Scarpa, Yahya as FBI agent Wayne Strider and then dig into scenes from their own careers. Mark tells the wild story of almost turning down The Departed (and hanging up on his own agent over it), plus the real reason for that shower cap in the film's final scene. Yahya discusses Wonder Man's cancellation right after his Emmy nomination, working with Sir Ben Kingsley, and looks back at The Get Down, his first-ever job, next to where he is now. Go see By Any Means, in theaters September 4th. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:38 – By Any Means: building Wayne Strider & Greg Scarpa 05:36 – Shooting the film's hardest scenes 08:41 – THE DEPARTED 08:55 – Wahlberg almost turned down the role (the Ari phone call) 10:58 – The hair extensions / shower cap story 13:31 – WONDER MAN 13:49 – Yahya on the Season 2 cancellation 15:58 – Working with Ben Kingsley 20:02 – BOOGIE NIGHTS 20:15 – Burt Reynolds' complicated relationship with the film 24:43 – THE GET DOWN 25:02 – Yahya on his first-ever job vs. now 26:52 – Training & final thoughts #SceneStealers #MarkWahlberg #YahyaAbdulMateenII #ByAnyMeans #TheDeparted #BoogieNights #WonderMan