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"Patriots Day," due in U.S. movie theaters on Dec. 21, made
its world premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday night, and Mark
Wahlberg, its Boston-born star and producer, said local
expectations were high.
"I'm going to be accountable and they're going to hold me to the
highest standards and the expectations are beyond," Wahlberg
told Reuters on the red carpet.
Three people were killed and 264 were injured when two homemade
bombs went off in the crowd near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Cable television channel HBO is next week airing the documentary
"Marathon," which focuses largely on the struggles of the
survivors.
The movie version focuses on the hunt for the bombers, who
turned out to be brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
"To make movies like 'Patriots Day', there's definitely
pressure. But that pressure for me is very inspiring and I want
to get it right for the people, the members of law enforcement,
the members of government, the citizens who were hurt, the
citizens that had loved ones killed," director Peter Berg said.
Asked if it was too soon to be making a Hollywood movie out of
the tragedy, Wahlberg said people had to stand up against fear
and hatred.
"It's not soon enough," he said. "These things are happening all
over the world and they will continue to happen and the only way
we can combat these things is with love and people coming
together."
"You can't live in fear, you have to stand up and we have to
fight together," Wahlberg added.
(Reporting by Reuters Television, editing by G Crosse)
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