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LoathedVermin72 wrote:I have a hard time imagining her in the role but in Uthaug I trust

David Ortiz will play himself in upcoming movie "Patriots Day"

CHICAGO -- Before Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz discussed his decision to appear in the upcoming movie, "Patriots Day," a film which will revisit the events of the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.

Ortiz will play himself to re-enact his speech subsequently addressing fans in Fenway Park on April 20, 2013, stating, "This is our [expletive] city. And nobody's going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong!"

The film is scheduled for a limited release in theaters in Boston, New York and Los Angeles on December 21, 2016, with a wider national release on January 13, 2017. It is being directed by Peter Berg, and stars Mark Wahlberg playing a Boston policeman.

"Yeah, Mark [Wahlberg] and I go way back," Ortiz told ESPN.com. "He came and approached me the other day, asking me about it. And I said, 'no problem.' It sounds like it's going to be fun. We're going to do the filming when I get back to Boston, one of those mornings. I'm excited.

"It's a big deal," Ortiz said. "This movie is going to be a big deal, especially in Boston. After what happened in 2013, it's going to come out on Christmas."

Ortiz had no problem getting into how important that moment was for him as well as for the city of Boston. He feels comfortable tapping into the feelings of the day he spoke to fans, and of the pride he feels in helping to express the sentiments of many in the city. It is perhaps especially noteworthy because the film will reportedly use considerable amounts of documentary footage, so the decision to re-enact Ortiz's speech and recapture the emotions of that moment make for an potentially powerful artistic decision.

"That's the idea," Ortiz said. "Being proud of it, it's one of the main reasons they want me in it. But I can say, he went through some other details with me that, once you guys watch the movie, you guys are going to find out about. I'm excited."

For Ortiz, beyond his personal feelings and his place within the events after the bombing, it was also something that speaks to the kinds of movies he's interested in.

"It's about history, and I'm a big fan of movies based on true stories. When they came out and asked me about it, I could agree with it."

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:if they ruin mary poppins for me i'm going to be upset

McParadigm wrote:"Mark Wahlberg as a Boston policeman" feels like racial stereotyping.

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

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