Wahlberg had been attached to a movie adaptation of the hit television show, The Six Million Dollar Man, starting around 2014, and the film was set for release on May 31, 2020, before Warner Bros. removed it from their release plan back in 2018. The show zeroed in on Steve Austin, played by Lee Majors, as an astronaut-turned-cyborg who functions as a spy. While the character has many of the hallmarks of a classic superhero, he is known for his basic tracksuit, which is a more sensible ensemble that Wahlberg would feel comfortable wearing.
Uncharted sees Wahlberg venturing into the job of Sully, a major supporting character in the Uncharted games, which could be an indicator of the kind of job Wahlberg would accept in a superhero movie. While the actor probably would not want to play a superhero or villain, he could be available to one of the heroes’ supporting characters, and on account of characters like Korg and Miek in Thor: Ragnarok or Luis in Ant-Man, they have become breakout characters by their own doing. With so many superhero films in development from Marvel Studios, DC, Valiant, and more, there is no shortage of characters Mark Wahlberg could sign on for.
Wahlberg as of late revealed that the reason he doesn’t have interest in starring in a superhero film doesn’t come from peering down on the class, yet more in this way, he can’t see himself wearing the costumes. Wahlberg didn’t preclude being in a superhero film, saying the right task would get him ready. He also shared there is one superhero-type character he actually wants to play, The Six Million Dollar Man. Wahlberg said:
“I like them enough, I’m not one of those perfectionists who is like ‘Goodness this isn’t cinema.’ I think the audiences choose and obviously, they [superhero movies] have been stunningly fruitful. It’s only that for me, personally, as an actor, I would have a really hard time walking out of my trailer with a cape on, and a spandex suit. Yet, that being said, I was striving to bring The $6 Million-Dollar man to the screen, which is based on a TV series. And it was based on a great deal of wish-satisfaction and what this character could do, based on what they did to him. However, it was grounded in reality and you felt like it would be substantially more believable as being realistic, as far as I might be concerned, to have the option to play that part, and feel like ‘I could do this,’ in a way that didn’t feel senseless. Yet, who can say for sure: maybe the right part will go along! We’ll see.”
