Mark Wahlberg Might Be Retiring Soon After Shifting Towards ‘More Meaningful Content’

Mark Wahlberg is out promoting a new biopic, “Father Stu,” in which he plays a boxer-turned-priest, and the 50-year-old actor and star of “The Fighter” seems to be taking a cue from his character as he talks up a possible career shift and his own impending retirement.”Father Stu” co-stars Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom“) and Mel Gibson, the latter of whom once made his own controversial foray into faith-based filmmaking with “The Passion of the Christ.” Like Gibson, Wahlberg identifies as Catholic, and while speaking to Entertainment Tonight (via IndieWire), he pointed to “Father Stu” as a crossroads in his filmography.

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