Actor Mark Wahlberg experienced a devastating loss while filming the dramatic biopic “Father Stu.” The 50-year-old Hollywood veteran lost his mother, who …
Actor Mark Wahlberg experienced a devastating loss while filming the dramatic biopic “Father Stu.” The 50-year-old Hollywood veteran lost his mother, who was 78, after her battle with dementia. “It was tough,” Wahlberg told Extra during an interview. “She was very sick, went home to visit her… say goodbye… FaceTiming constantly… We knew that it was inevitable… I just tried to hold on and be as positive as possible.” “She was an amazing person,” the actor continued. “She taught us all through all the difficulties that we had and face… She was very proud that we turned our lives around.” Wahlberg said he turned to work while grieving, focusing on telling the story of the real-life boxer who became a priest and also had a degenerative, incurable muscle disorder. Father Stuart Long’s story inspired Wahlberg so deeply that he invested his own money into the project so it could get made. It took six years and a lot of work to get it done, but now the actor is proud of the story that’s being shared.
