{"id":13312,"date":"2015-09-07T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2015-09-06T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T15:54:37","slug":"15-fascinating-facts-about-the-departed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13312","title":{"rendered":"15 Fascinating Facts About “The Departed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sean Hutchinson<\/b>\u00a0and Mental_Floss<\/a><\/strong> present\u00a015 Fascinating Facts About\u00a0 The Departed<\/em><\/a>.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n

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2. IT\u2019S BASED ON A REAL-LIFE GANGSTER.<\/strong>
\nJack Nicholson\u2019s character is based on infamous Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger. Before he was captured in 2011, he was second only to Osama bin Laden on the FBI\u2019s Most Wanted List and had a reward of $1 million for his capture.<\/p>\n

6. MARK WAHLBERG WASN\u2019T THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY DIGNAM.<\/strong>
\nRay Liotta (who was also in Scorsese\u2019s Goodfellas<\/em>) and Denis Leary were initially considered for the role, which eventually went to Wahlberg. Wahlberg was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.<\/p>\n

8. THE FILM TAKES A WHILE TO GET GOING.<\/strong>
\nThe title card doesn\u2019t appear until 18 minutes after the movie starts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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