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In the 2003 version of the classic heist movie, "The Italian Job," Mark Wahlberg heads up a group of thieves with one thing on their collective mind - revenge. One of their own double-crossed them as they were pulling off a huge heist, and now it's up to Wahlberg's crackerjack crew to bring the traitor down.

"The Italian Job's" director, F. Gary Gray, believes one of the main selling points of this updated, reworked remake is its intelligent humor. To capture that humor, Gray needed to find actors who would each bring something unique to the project. Summing up Mark Wahlberg, Gray notes, "[He] has a quiet intelligence just right for the master planner he portrays."

MARK WAHLBERG ('Charlie Croker')

You recently said this is your best film. Is it really better than "Boogie Nights?"
It's a different thing. In my opinion, what we set out to do just works on every level. It's a completely different film from "Boogie Nights." "Boogie Nights" is one of my favorite films of all time, a one-of-a-kind thing. We try to do something in this film and to do it differently. We kind of get back to old-school filmmaking. All the characters are well-rounded so it's just different. "Boogie Nights" would have had to have been a five-hour movie to be what I believe this movie got a chance to be, because all the characters really get a chance to evolve.

Why will audiences get behind these characters, considering the fact they are criminals?
I think because these are a bunch of cool characters. They have morals and integrity through the film and are, fortunately, very good at what they do so people want to see that.

Can you describe the relationship between the characters in "The Italian Job?"
I play kind of like the leader of this crew. I certainly treat them as [equals]. Everybody has their own field of expertise - and [director] F. Gary Gray did an amazing job of assembling the talent. Everybody had to be able to do their own thing; I think that's what separates this movie from all the other [heist] movies.

What makes “The Italian Job” so special?
We have an amazing list of characters - well-rounded characters. You've got a real plot and movie that an audience can really participate in because there are some interesting twists and you really root for these guys.