After eight directors and many, many delays, theUnchartedmovie starringTom HollandandMark Wahlbergallegedly starts shooting in two weeks. With that mixture of buzz, controversy, and mystery hanging over the project, Collider’s own Steve Weintraub had to ask Wahlberg aboutUnchartedwhen they recently sat down to discuss the upcoming Netflix action flick,Spenser Confidential.
DescribingUnchartedas an “origin story”, Wahlberg told us about his experience reading the script for the first time, comparing it to two of the best adventure and heist films of all time.
“I start filming in about two weeks time. It’s exciting because, without giving too much away, it’s more of an origin story. Meeting them, and Nathan becoming Nathan. Sully and him meeting, trying to not only get over on each other, but also starting to partner up and develop that relationship. It’ll be very cool. It’s the first time I’m in a movie that’s a movie. I felt like when I was reading it, I was readingIndiana JonesorThomas Crown Affair. It’s got these great elements of these heist movies and adventure movies like I’ve never been a part of.”
Directed byRuben Fleischer(Venom),Unchartedis based on the massively popular video game franchise of the same name. Holland stars as Nathan Drake, a street-thief turned treasure hunter, while Wahlberg is set to play his friend and mentor, Victor “Sully” Sullivan. It’s a bit of a cheeky role Wahlberg, as he was attached for years toUnchartedto play Drake himself but eventually aged out of the part as delays went on and the story turned into more of an origin story.
“I was attached for years and years to play Nathan Drake and now I’m playing Sully,” Wahlberg told us. “Even withThe Fighter, there was a ticking clock there. There was that biological clock. We gotta’ get going quickly.”
Check out exactly what Wahlberg had to say in the player above. For more on theUnchartedmovie—which also starsAntonio Banderas,Sophia AliandTati Gabrielle—here is Tom Holland onwhat the movie will offer that the video games do not.
