Mark Wahlberg Says He'd Rap on a Justin Bieber Song

By PopEater Staff Posted Aug 9th 2010 11:07AM

Mark Wahlberg Would Rap on a Justin Bieber Song

In TIME's latest 10 Questions installment, 'The Other Guys' star Mark Wahlberg is up to bat. Though the 39-year-old is known for his acting these days, with turns in new classics like 'The Departed' and 'Boogie Nights,' his legacy began as rapper Marky Mark. So TIME tried to coax him out of retirement, seeing if he'd "drop a hot eight bars on a rap song if asked by the right artist," and this is what they got:

"No. Not a chance. Actually, I'll take that back. If Justin Bieber asked me, I'd do that for my daughter. She loves me to death, but she doesn't think I'm very cool, so that might turn it around."

And the wait for Justin Bieber's response begins! Read more of the Wahlberg Q&A after the jump.

Is 'The Other Guys' co-star Will Ferrel a wildman? "No, he's a sweetheart. I came into the situation being really shy, and [he and director Adam McKay] encouraged me to open up, to be crazy. It was like pouring gasoline on a fire. And they never said to me, 'Hey, come on. Calm down. We've got to be serious now.' I like working in a free environment."

Was his life as a rapper a good or bad thing, in the long run? "Probably a little bit of both. I was always a bit more sensitive to it, especially when I started [acting]. Before Will Smith, most musicians who made movies were awful. When I decided to go into acting, I definitely wanted to make people forget about my music career."

What director asked the most of him? "I would have to say Martin Scorsese, because he's Martin Scorsese. He doesn't take anything less than your best. Making The Departed, I felt like I was most comfortable, because I was familiar with [Boston] - certainly with the police and the system. But he demanded a lot."

Would he change anything about his career? "The one thing I will say is that stupid book I did that I dedicated to my penis. I was trying to be funny and sarcastic. Of course, it's something I get asked about all the time now."

Read the full interview at TIME.com, or grab the print issue on newsstands now.