{"id":77430,"date":"2024-02-21T14:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/mark-wahlberg-wanted-to-adopt-his-arthur-the-king-co-star\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:01:33","slug":"mark-wahlberg-wanted-to-adopt-his-arthur-the-king-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/mark-wahlberg-wanted-to-adopt-his-arthur-the-king-co-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg wanted to adopt his Arthur the King co-star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-02-21\" datetime=\"1708524093\" pubdate=\"\">21 February 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/mark-wahlberg\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,mark-wahlberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Wahlberg<\/a> tried to adopt his canine co-star in &#8216;Arthur the King&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Mark Wahlberg tried to adopt his co-star<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old actor stars alongside a canine co-star called Ukai in the new action-adventure film, and Mark has admitted to developing a strong bond with the pooch.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star told PEOPLE: &#8220;Oh my God, I tried to bribe the trainer to sell me the dog. I offered her whatever she would want. But, of course, that bond is not something that you can separate. I just fell in love with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mark and Ukai developed a real &#8220;connection&#8221; during their time together on set.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I was amazed by how close we got and our connection. So, of course, I wanted him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, Mark was ultimately unable to taken Ukai home with him.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor added: &#8220;I completely understood &#8230; I took a shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMark began shooting &#8216;Arthur the King&#8217; before the COVID-19 pandemic, and he also tore his meniscus on the first day of the shoot.<\/p>\n<p>\nAt one stage, Mark even feared that the movie might have to be cancelled altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe recently told &#8216;Entertainment Tonight&#8217;: &#8220;I just felt like, you know, it took a long time to get the movie off the ground and we were in the middle of COVID, and if I had shut it down, I don&#8217;t know if we would&#8217;ve got it up and running again.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;So I just kind of toughed it out and I found different ways of getting through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMark worked out relentlessly before the cameras started rolling &#8211; but his efforts &#8220;went out the window&#8221; because of his meniscus tear.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor said: &#8220;You want to pay attention to the small stuff and you want to look the part.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Unfortunately, I tore my meniscus the first day, so all my training went out the window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/mark-wahlberg-wanted-adopt-arthur-king-star-1394956.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 February 2024 Mark Wahlberg tried to adopt his canine co-star in &#8216;Arthur the King&#8217;. Mark Wahlberg tried to adopt his co-star The 52-year-old actor stars alongside a canine co-star called Ukai in the new action-adventure film, and Mark has admitted to developing a strong bond with the pooch. The Hollywood star told PEOPLE: &#8220;Oh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3973],"class_list":{"0":"post-77430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-mark-wahlberg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}