Mark Wahlberg Would Do Star Wars With J.J. Abrams, Almost Did Star Trek

In a new interview with Total Film, leading man Mark Wahlberg revealed that he turned down the role that ultimately went to Marvel's The Avengers star Chris Hemsworth in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek reboot. He also said that, while he turned that film down because the script simply didn't make sense to him, after seeing the movie he would have taken the job and probably wouldn't turn down an opportunity to appear in Abrams's upcoming Star Wars Episode VII. "I love J.J. Abrams," Wahlberg said. "I've only seen the original Star Wars, when I was a kid but my dad really wasn't into sci-fi and so I grew up watching Cagney, Steve McQueen, John Garfield, Robert Ryan - movies like the one I just made, Broken City. But I'm interested in seeing what J.J. did. I remember him asking me to play Captain Kirk's father in Star Trek and I tried to read the script and I couldn't understand the words, or the dialogue or anything so I said, 'I couldn't do this, I think you're really talented but I can't do it.' And then I saw the movie and I said holy s--t, he did a great job. So I think he'll do something spectacular [with Star Wars] and I probably wouldn't pass up another opportunity to work with J.J. again so if he wanted me to do something and I couldn't fully understand, I would probably give it a shot." Wahlberg, of course, is already headlining one big sci-fi franchise in the near future, as he's been cast to appear in at least one and probably three new Transformers movie from producer Michael Bay.