MARK WAHLBERG GREW UP IN THE GRITTY, WORKING-CLASS TOWN OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. HE OVERCAME SOME LONG ODDS TO DEVELOP INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN HOLLYWOOD.
IT’S THAT RAGS-TO-RICHES BACKGROUND THAT TURNED WAHLBERG ONTO THE ROLE OF VINCE PAPALE FOR THE 2006 FILM, INVINCIBLE.
PAPALE’S RISE FROM BARTENDER TO A MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES PROMPTED WAHLBERG TO CALL HIM: “A HERO, THE REAL LIFE ROCKY BALBOA.”
AS IMPROBABLE AS PAPALE’S ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME STORY WAS, IT DIDN’T UNFOLD EXACTLY AS IT WAS SHARED ON THE BIG SCREEN.
