Mark Wahlberg: Hero or zero?

Jan 18, 2012 - 08:42
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Mark Wahlberg: Hero or zero?
Mark Wahlberg: Hero or zero?

Mark Wahlberg plays the onscreen tough-guy role convincingly in films like \"The Fighter\" and \"Invincible.\" Recently, he lamented one role he never got to play: A man who changed the course of history. The role in question was preventing 9/11 terrorists from crashing one of the planes used in the attacks.

Wahlberg -- who was booked on one of the hijacked flights, but rescheduled to attend a film screening in Toronto -- made some eye-raising comments in the February issue of Men's Joual, implying he would have vanquished the hijackers and ensured the plane landed safely. \"If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did,\" he said.

Reactions on Twitter have been harsh. (\"Please. Mark Wahlberg couldn't even prevent The Happening.\")

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