Mark Wahlberg has confirmed he still has the prosthetic penis he wore in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights.
In the film, Wahlberg plays porn star Dirk Diggler and had a foot-long prosthetic prop he had to wear.
Wahlberg appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday (April 12, 2022), during which DeGeneres asked the actor: “Is it true that you still have the prosthetic you wore in Boogie Nights?”
“Yes, yes. It’s in a safe locked away,” Wahlberg replied. “It’s not something I could leave out. All of a sudden my kids are looking for a spare phone charger and pull that thing out and go, ‘What the heck is this?!’ It wouldn’t be a good look.”
The 1997 film marked a turning point in Wahlberg’s onscreen career coming off his rapper/underwear model persona.
“The expectations were so low when I started acting,” Wahlberg recalled. “You do something remotely interesting, ‘Oh my god, he’s fantastic!’ Next thing you know, they nominate me for an Oscar and I didn’t even do anything. But I definitely worked harder than everybody and I wanted to make sure that I could prove to filmmakers that I was capable of doing the best job for them and I would do anything for them.”
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