Donnie Wahlberg is an actor who has found fame and success on television. He was formerly in Blue Bloods, which revolved around a family whose profession was law enforcement. It aired on CBS from 2010 to 2024. Now, Wahlberg is on another CBS series with a similar focus, Boston Blue. He again plays New York City police detective Danny Reagan. However, this time, he is working with the Boston Police Department in that historic Massachusetts city. Per People, Boston Blue, now in its freshman season, has been renewed for a second one.
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Born in Dorchester, a nearby suburb of Boston, Wahlberg, 56, recently told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Live with Kelly and Mark what the hardest part of filming the drama is. You probably won't guess it!
Spectators Gawk and Go Wild When They See Wahlberg in His Hometown Filming
Wahlberg shared with the two hosts what usually happens when the hometown crowd spots him. "We don't get anything shot. Every take, I'm literally saying [to an actor], 'Give me your hand, sir, you're under arrest,' and it's like, 'Donnie! Donnie.'"
Furthermore, he said, "The duck boat tours, which are very famous in Boston, they drive by and have a headset on with a speaker. And it's literally like, 'Over there, you'll see Donnie Wahlberg in the wild. He grew up three doors down from me, I knew his mother, God rest her soul.'"
He Had To Minimize His Boston Accent for 'Blue Bloods'
A Boston accent is very recognizable. And in New York, given how competitive the two cities are, it might not be considered an asset. Donnie Wahlberg admitted that even though he tried to conceal his Boston vocal intonation to portray someone from Brooklyn for Blue Bloods, it "does sneak out at times."
Also, When Wahlberg was doing that drama in the Big Apple, he says he got razzed for his Boston background mercilessly.
He told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consulos, "The good news is I filmed Blue Bloods here in New York for 14 years and the New Yorkers never let up on me. If the Patriots lost to the Giants, I'd show up to work the next day, [there'd be] posters, newspaper clippings plastered all over. They'd never let up on me. So they taught me how to bring that to Boston and tease Bostonians, even though I am one."
