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No one can call Mark Wahlberg a kiss-ass. He tells it like it is in an interview with The Zoo. Here are some of the highlights:

Your new film, The Happening, has some grisly scenes. Did any of them freak you out?

Oh yeah! The scene with builders walking off the scaffolding and hitting the pavement; the one with the lions eating a guy’s arms and the truck scene, where the camera cuts outside the jeep and they floor it into a tree. I wasn’t expecting that.

You were given two years for assault when you were a kid. What would the old Mark think of the new one?

He’d beat the sh*t out of him! He’d knock him down, take his wallet and tell him to go back to wherever he came from!

Are you still mates with any guys from your old neighborhood?

Yeah, the few that are still alive!

Is it true you turned down the chance to be in the Ocean’s films?

Yeah - and it was well worth it! The second one sucked! People tell George Clooney it’s great, but we all know it sucked. I made two bad movies instead - Planet Of The Apes and The Truth About Charlie - but doing that was better than sitting with Brad and George, telling the press how great everybody is! “We were in Europe, George was funny, then we had some wine…” - that’s not for me. I do love those guys, but I had to step out on my own.

You had a successful rap career as Marky Mark. Did you pave the way for Eminem, or undo all the good work the Beastie Boys had done?

Ha ha! I try and look back on it with fondness, but whenever I’m reminded of it, I get really embarrassed. I was watching a show called Sexy People Of The ’90s the other day with my brother. It turned out I was No1, so whenever he calls me now, he says, “Can I speak to the Sexiest Man Of The ’90s please?” I sounded like such a punk back then. I thought I was the coolest guy in the world, but really I was just a jackass! And, no, I don’t fancy going back to music. I’ll leave that to New Kids On The Block!

Not only is he hot, he doesn’t mind being honest. A lot of people in Hollywood wouldn’t dare say that they were glad not to be in a movie with George Clooney and Brad Pitt as well as criticize one of their films. He’s cool, because it’s true, the second one sucked. His girlfriend/baby mama is one lucky lady!

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