Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg has a prediction for Super Bowl LVIII. And you’ll never guess who the man who has made numerous films based in Boston has winning it all.
Speaking to Yahoo Sports, Wahlberg predicted that his beloved New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl over the Detroit Lions. He said that they always play hard and he knows that head coach Bill Belichick hates to lose.
“I’m always picking the Patriots to go all the way. I want them to win the division… and beat the Lions in the Super Bowl. I am optimistic and I know Bill does not like to lose,” Wahlberg said.
Lions fans will certainly appreciate that one of the biggest names in Hollywood believes that they’re Super Bowl material. And of course the Patriots know that Marky Mark has their backs.
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Mark Wahlberg was born and raised in Boston and has done numerous feature films set in Boston and the state of Massachusetts.
His biggest role came in 2007 with the movie The Departed – set in Boston in the mid-80s – and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Other films he’s done set in his home state include The Fighter, Ted and Ted 2.
Strangely enough, he didn’t have so much as a cameo appearance’s in Tom Brady’s feature film 80 For Brady.