>>> WE ARE BACK WITH ONE OF THE
BUSIEST MEN IN HOLLYWOOD.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARK
WAHLBERG.
FOR HIS LATEST ROLE, HE PORTRAYS
FOURTH QUARTER STUART LONG, A
REAL LIFE BOXER TURNED PRIEST ON
A JOURNEY FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION
TO A LIFE OF SERVICE.
HE FOUND THAT ROAD TO REDEMPTION
TO BE PAVED WITH POTHOLES
FORCING HIM TO FIGHT EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I THINK I KNOW WHAT GOD'S
DOING HERE, I DON'T SEE HOW I
RESPOND I DON'T GET MY WAY, BUT
I AIN'T GIVING UP.
NOT ON HIM OR ME.
I WANT YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR
OBJECTION.
>> YOU ARE A PUGILIST WITH A
CRIMINAL RECORD.
>> ST. MATTHEW, ST. AUGUSTINE,
ST. FRANCIS.
SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF THE
CHURCH ARE REFORMED MEN.
>> YES.
AND I THINK WHAT THE CHURCH
NEEDS NOW MORE THAN EVER IS TO
ELEVATE THE STANDARD FOR A
PRIEST.
>> WHAT THE CHURCH NEEDS IS
SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT
FOR GOD.
THAT'S ME.
>> STAND UP AND SAY AMEN, MARK
WAHLBERG, WELCOME.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
THIS STORY -- THIS IS A REAL
STORY.
THIS IS A REAL MAN WHO LIVED IN
MONTANA.
YOU CAME UPON THIS STORY AND I
FEEL LIKE YOU -- THIS HAS BEEN
YOUR PASSION PROJECT FOR A
WHILE, AND HOLLYWOOD SEEMED TO
SAY NO, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS
KIND OF LUKEWARM ON IT.
WHY DID YOU JUST KEEP PUSHING
THIS PROJECT THROUGH?
>> I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS SO
INSPIRING, THE STORY NEEDED TO
BE TOLD, AND PEOPLE NOW MORE
THAN EVER, WE'RE ALL GOING
THROUGH SO MUCH.
PEOPLE NEED THIS.
IT'S HEALING AND COMFORTING, AND
HE'S SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO SO
MANY PEOPLE.
>> HE WAS AN AGNOSTIC, HE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY GOD IN HIS LIFE AT ALL,
AND HE HAD A SERIES OF THINGS
THAT HAPPENED THAT KIND OF
OPENED HIS EYES.
>> YEAH.
>> ARE THERE PARALLELS IN YOUR
LIFE?
DO YOU SEE --
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
GOT PUT LOTS OF VERY SPECIFIC
PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE FOR A VERY
SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND THEY DID
THAT FOR ME AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO MEET SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY KIND
OF PUT ME ON THE RIGHT PATH.
I ALWAYS SAY I WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WHEN I
FOCUS MYSELF ON FAITH GOOD
THINGS STARTED TO HAPPEN FOR ME.
>> WHEN DID THAT TIME COME FOR
YOU?
>> THAT WAS WHEN I WAS A
TEENAGER.
AYE STILL BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE
IT OUT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT BEING AT
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
>> I THINK WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
FATHER STU, HE'S A FLAWED
PERSON.
HE'D BEEN THROUGH HELL IN HIS
LIFE.
I FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTAND HELL ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT.
WAS THAT KIND OF THE MAGIC SAUCE
FOR HIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, PEOPLE RECOGNIZED ALL OF
HIS REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE AND HOW
AUTHENTIC HE WAS WHEN HE
COMMUNICATED.
THESE PEOPLE WERE DEALING WITH
THE SAME STRUGGLES AND THEY KNEW
THAT HE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, SO
IT WAS REALLY COMFORTING FOR
THEM.
>> HOW DID YOU GET -- IF
HOLLYWOOD WAS LUKEWARM AND THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS NOT SO
SURE --
>> THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE
LANGUAGE.
>> SO HOW DID YOU GET THIS BIG
PUSH THROUGH?
HOW DID IT WORK?
>> I FINANCED IT MYSELF.
>> WHAT?
>> YEAH.
YEAH, I BROKE THE CARDINAL RULE
AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF.
>> WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I JUST FELT IT WAS ALSO THE
BEST WAY TO MAKE THE MOVIE
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF
INTERFERENCE, WANTED TO BE
COMPLETELY IN CONTROL
CREATIVELY.
ONCE YOU GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO
COMES IN, OBVIOUSLY THEIR JOB IS
TO HAVE NOTES AND MAKE CHANGES.
WE WANTED TO MAKE A RAW
UNAPOLOGETIC MOVIE ABOUT A GUY
IN SEARCH FOR HIS CALLING.
>> AND FATHER STU IS A REAL
HUMAN BEING.
THIS MOVIE HAD TO BE SHOULD BE
TO HIS REAL FAMILY IN HIS REAL
HOMETOWN.
>> YEAH.
>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT
FELT LIKE FOR YOU.
HOW WAS IT RECEIVED?
>> IT WAS NERVE-RACKING,
AMAZING, AMAZING.
I MEAN, IT WAS ALL LAUGHTER,
TEARS AND THEN OF COURSE
APPLAUSE.
HE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE, AND
TO WITNESS THE WORK THAT HE DID
THERE IN HELENA AND NOW TO BE
ABLE TO HELP HIS MESSAGE REACH
SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE
WORLD IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> AND WENT TO PRISONS, LIKE HE
DID THE WHOLE NINE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, HE TALKED TO THE
PRISONERS IN A WAY THEY COULD
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE GUYS.
HE REALLY TURNED HIS LIFE
AROUND.
GOD IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FLAWED
PEOPLE THAT HE CAN TURN INTO
POLISHED GEMS THAT WILL GO OUT
AND DO HIS WORK AND SERVE HIS
GREATER GOOD.
>> WOW.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH YOU
LOVED IT JUST THE FACT THAT
YOU'RE FINANCING IT.
WHAT DO YOUR KIDS THINK?
>> THEY THINK DAD'S CRAZY.
THEY THINK DAD'S CRAZY AND HE'S
BORING EVEN WITH MY FAITH, I
DON'T FORCE IT ON THEM.
THEY KNOW DAD CAN'T START THE
DAY WITHOUT BEING IN PRAYER,
WITHOUT READING MY SCRIPTURE AND
GOING TO MASS.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SAY IF IT
WORKS FOR DAD, MAYBE IT'LL WORK
FOR US AND THEY'LL GRAVITATE
TOWARD IT.
>> CARSON WAS SAYING --
>> I'M A SINNER.
I USE THIS ESPECIALLY DURING
LENT, I'VE BEEN PRAYING AND
MEDITATING THROUGH THIS HALLOW,
IT'S LIKE A CATHOLIC APP.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S THE LEAST PLACE I EVER
THOUGHT I WOULD BE IN FRONT OF
CONTENT THAT WOULD DRIVE ME TO
SEE A MOVIE.
I HEARD THE INTROTO FATHER STU,
THERE'S 7 MILLION CATLINGS IN
THE COUNTRY, I THOUGHT WHAT A
BRILLIANT PLACE TO PUT THIS, I
DISCOVERED IT IN A TIME OF
PRAYER AND MEDITATION.
IT MADE ME WANT TO SEE A MOVIE.
>> DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY GOLF
BUSINESS TO DISCUSS?
>> TOO MUCH.
MARK'S USUALLY AT THE MASTERS.
>> GO TIGER, GO TIGER.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THE
MASTERS?
>> I'M NOT, I'M PROMOTING THE
FILM AND THEN I'M OFF TO THE UK.
>> GOOD, WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF
LUCK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THIS MOVIE,