{"id":2068706,"date":"2025-10-04T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2068706"},"modified":"2025-10-04T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:47:02","slug":"mark-wahlberg-and-shane-black-on-landing-that-celebrity-for-play-dirty-cameo-only-to-kill-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mark-wahlberg-and-shane-black-on-landing-that-celebrity-for-play-dirty-cameo-only-to-kill-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg and Shane Black on landing that celebrity for \u201cPlay Dirty \u201dcameo \u2014 only to kill him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Warning: This article contains spoilers about <em>Play Dirty<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Jesus Christ, you shot <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/mark-cuban\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Cuban;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Cuban<\/a>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Play Dirty<\/em> didn&#8217;t pull any punches by killing off its major celebrity cameo halfway through the movie. Director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/shane-black\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shane Black;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shane Black<\/a>&#8216;s comedic action heist film based on Donald E. Westlake&#8217;s Parker novels brought in the <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/shark-tank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shark Tank;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shark Tank<\/a> <\/em>star for one shocking and hilarious scene in which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/mark-wahlberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Wahlberg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Wahlberg<\/a>&#8216;s titular legendary thief kills the billionaire, in the middle of a packed restaurant, without any remorse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adding insult to injury? When Cuban&#8217;s dinner date shouts the above quote, Parker blandly replies, &#8220;Never heard of him.&#8221; Ouch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Parker&#8217;s irreverent attitude is offensive (and fatal!) to Cuban in the film, <em>Play Dirty<\/em>&#8216;s director and star couldn&#8217;t be more gracious to the real-life billionaire for agreeing to cameo as himself in the movie, only to die 10 seconds later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You wouldn&#8217;t expect someone like that to go, &#8216;Oh yeah, sure,'&#8221; Black tells <em>Entertainment Weekly.<\/em> &#8220;But he was like, &#8216;I&#8217;m in.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Prime<\/p>\n<p> Mark Cuban in &#8216;Play Dirty&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the filmmaker didn&#8217;t personally know Cuban before this cameo came about, another producer on the movie &#8220;had a connection&#8221; to the shark, who was &#8220;receptive&#8221; to the idea of playing himself and dying onscreen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Somehow he could at least get through to Mark Cuban, and so he put us in touch and arranged for that to happen,&#8221; Black reveals. &#8220;It just seemed like a really, really good, fun choice, because everyone knows who Mark Cuban is. There was even a scene we cut from the movie for time where there&#8217;s a guy talking about, &#8216;It&#8217;s a shame about Mark. I loved his show.&#8217; And people are talking about the fact he&#8217;s just dead and gone. So I thought that was fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, pulling off Cuban&#8217;s appearance took some major movie magic. Wahlberg tells EW that he never actually filmed with the billionaire &#8230; at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Mark Cuban wasn&#8217;t there on the day,&#8221; Wahlberg says. &#8220;We basically shot everything and then they shot his coverage later on down the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor laughs at how he did know Cuban personally, and so he doubted that they would actually get the billionaire to film the planned cameo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I really was like, &#8216;Is Mark really going to be willing to do this?'&#8221; Wahlberg says. &#8220;And then when I saw the movie, I was like, &#8216;Holy s&#8212;, they actually got him to do it.&#8217; I thought we&#8217;d be doing ADR and putting somebody else&#8217;s name in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The director later tells EW that &#8220;it was always going to be Mark Cuban&#8221; in the scene, despite the tricky scheduling it took to get him to film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were in Australia and Mark Cuban was in the U.S. so we shot half of the scene against a green screen with an empty chair and then a [body] double,&#8221; Black says. &#8220;And then when we came back here, here comes the chair and the table and the green screen, and here comes Mark Cuban. So it&#8217;s just a composite, but it works flawlessly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jasin Boland\/Prime\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/JDuFAEnD9haEpn1InT0gpQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/96aa07b7ad9ee6e95da23e4c10a315e0\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wahlberg &#8220;can&#8217;t wait&#8221; to finally see Cuban in person to thank him for filming his cameo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He&#8217;s such a great sport for doing that,&#8221; the actor adds. &#8220;And he&#8217;s also, oddly enough, written in the next movie that I&#8217;m about to start shooting now.&#8221; Wahlberg is quick to clarify, &#8220;Not the same outcome for him, but yes, him playing himself again. So I&#8217;m optimistic this time that he&#8217;ll actually be there when we do it together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Play Dirty<\/em> is now streaming on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/play-dirty-mark-wahlberg-shane-black-celebrity-cameo-mark-cuban-11824408\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: This article contains spoilers about Play Dirty. &#8220;Jesus Christ, you shot Mark Cuban!&#8221; Play Dirty didn&#8217;t pull any punches by killing off its major celebrity cameo halfway through the movie. 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