Mark Wahlberg is embracing the new look he adopted for the filming of his newest action thriller Flight Risk, co-starring Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace. The 53-year-old star plays an antagonistic pilot in the Mel Gibson directorial venture, which was released on January 24 and opened at number one at the box office on its debut weekend.

Ever wonder how Mark Wahlberg gets in shape for all those movies? The Hollywood celebrity hits the gym as early as 2 a.m. for his workouts.

When it comes to the stunts in the movie, Wahlberg said he did everything that was required of him which was a lot because the movie takes place in such a confined space. They wanted to make it as real as possible so they knew it was best if they could do it themselves.

Mark Wahlberg tells PEOPLE he "apologized at the end of" shooting his new movie 'Flight Risk' for keeping to himself on set in order to stay in the villain's mindset. "If we weren't shooting, I was like either off in the corner by myself or I just would kind of go back to my little dressing room,

Mark Wahlberg needed a lot of solo time on his latest movie set. The 53-year-old star portrays a hit man pretending to be a pilot whose targets are U.S. Marshal Madelyn (Michelle Dockery) and fugitive Winston (Topher Grace) in the new thriller “Flight Risk.” Wahlberg revealed he took a new approach to getting into character.

Flight Risk,” an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters in its opening weekend.

"Flight Risk" stars Mark Wahlberg as a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (played by "Downton Abbey" star Michelle Dockery) and a fugitive (Topher Grace) — but over the course of a very tense 90 minutes, it becomes clear that Wahlberg’s pilot has a deadly ulterior motive.

New in theaters, Flight Risk marks Gibson’s first turn as a director since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, which earned Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Directing for Gibson and Best Actor for Andrew Garfield. As such, Wahlberg knew going into the film that he was in great hands before the action thriller took flight.

Debuting at $12 million (£9.6 million) at the box office, critics have mixed opinions on Wahlberg’s latest turn, with the movie scoring just 25 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with Times critic Kevin Maher condemning the film’s ‘slapshod cliches’ and ‘outdated’ style. So, at least it was worth it then.

Mark Wahlberg's most recent movie, Flight Risk, has received a plethora of awful reviews, continuing the actor's unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes trend.

Wahlberg portrays a hitman masquerading as a pilot in Mel Gibson's latest movie 'Flight Risk,' in theaters now