Bonus Episode - Mark Wahlberg

Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Talk Radio

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Listen in to this new episode as Bob and actor, Mark Walhberg, talk about his starring role in Father Stu, releasing exclusively in theaters on Friday, April 13th. Based on a true story, Father Stu is an unflinchingly honest, funny and ultimately uplifting drama about a lost soul who finds his purpose in a most unexpected place. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) moves to L.A. dreaming of stardom. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), a Catholic Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. But surviving a terrible motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others find their way, leading to the surprising realization that he is meant to be a Catholic priest. Despite a devastating health crisis and the skepticism of Church officials and his estranged parents (Mel Gibson and Jacki Weaver), Stu pursues his vocation with courage and compassion, inspiring not only those closest to him but countless others along the way. Father Stu Movie Trailer Learn More at FatherStuMovie.com

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0:00.0	access more. Bob Goff with the Dream Big Podcast. Hey, Bob. Hey, Mark, glad to be on the
0:14.3	podcast with you. Welcome. Hey, you're, uh, you've have a new movie. Father Stu, tell
0:20.4	us about it. Yeah, Father Stu Long. Uh, true story of, uh, of a young man from Helen
0:26.2	Montana and started out as a boxer, moved to LA to become an actor, fell in love with
0:31.3	this amazing young lady who was really just trying to lure him into the church. And, uh,
0:37.9	next thing you know, he wanted to become a priest. He's pretty an extreme guy. And, uh, and then,
0:42.7	of course, he faced lots of obstacles and in the short time that he was a priest,
0:47.6	did many, many wonderful things and still has a huge following to this day, even though he's
0:52.6	no longer with us. And it was honor to play him and bring his story to the big screen and
0:57.0	continue to bring his message to the world. Yeah, I think faith is a big deal for you. Tell us
1:02.1	about it. How does that connect with you and you get lots of scripts in front of you? Like,
1:07.2	this is the one. Uh, well, it, it also, it really, for me, it was an opportunity to continue,
1:14.0	to continue to do more of what God wants me to do with the position that he's put me in. Um,
1:20.6	you know, now with this kind of, uh, disability to reach a large audience, uh, with, with a,
1:26.5	with a big platform and the means of which to get the movie made. Um, you know, I've been looking for
1:32.6	an opportunity to just do more in a very authentic way. That's true to who I am as an artist,
1:37.7	but also true to who I am as a Catholic. And so, um, you know, I've always wanted to kind of continue
1:43.5	to figure out interesting ways to do more, uh, to fit in with what I do, what I'm good at. And so,
1:50.6	you know, this is the first of many in this kind of faith-based direction, both for film,
1:54.7	television, things that I produce, things that I act in. And yeah, it actually becomes a little bit,
2:00.2	uh, kind of a disclosure, a little bit more of you. People know us by their interactions.
2:06.0	And a lot of people interact with you because they see in a big movie or on bars or
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