The unfortunate pain of his injury did give Mark Wahlberg one small window into the life of Mikael Lindnord, the adventure racer whose life is fully fictionalized in “Arthur the King.” “I got to understand the suffering a little bit more than I wanted to,” he told Entertainment Tonight.
Wahlberg is no stranger to the athletic life, though his exercise routine is likely less strenuous than that of Lindhord, whose life has been filled with athletic accomplishments — adventure racing, after all, requires proficiency in bicycle racing, kayaking, and various land and sea sports. The actor has his tie into the athletic world — speaking to Fox News in 2023, he confessed that he’s always wanted to be an athlete.
“I’ve always wanted to be an athlete, and that’s why I think any time I’ve had the opportunity to play an athlete in a movie I’m kind of living vicariously through all those characters,” Wahlberg admitted at the time. He’s no stranger to performing in sports-related films, having appeared in the football movie “Invincible.” He also founded an athleisure brand called Municipal in 2019.
Fans will find out if “Arthur the King” is one of Wahlberg’s best or worst movies when it opens on March 15.
