With two Oscars and $90 million-plus at the box office, The Fighter was one of the quiet successes of awards season -- which is nice, since Mark Wahlberg spent nearly ten years shepherding the project from his personal gym to the screen. That Wahlberg wasn't rewarded for is fantastic work as Micky Ward in the film was a disappointment, but not one that the former Oscar nominee seemed to mind -- he was always cheering both his film and his co-stars whenever he was given the opportunity. Which brings us to the red carpet interview that Wahlberg did with Mario Lopez outside the Kodak Theater on Sunday. Douche. Chills.
In case you couldn't hear Wahlberg there over the cheering fans, here's what he said about doing a sequel to The Fighter... with Lopez: "Now we're gonna talk about doing No. 2. We're gonna do the Ward /Gatti trilogy and make it real. And you know what? You may want to play Gatti. I just found my cast." Here's guessing that's going to be an awkward phone call for Lopez sometime later this week.
ยท Mark Wahlberg Dishes on 'The Fighter 2' [ExtraTV]