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Mark Wahlberg is no stranger to pushing the envelope when it comes to movie roles. In his latest film, The Lovely Bones, the actor – who plays a father trying to cope with his daughter’s murder – went far beyond his comfort zone, forcing him into a state of mind he hopes never to experience in real life.

“That’s what I need to do to get there … Think about something horrible,” Wahlberg tells PEOPLE. “It’s not a fun thing to do – that’s the thing that bothered me the most.”

As a father to children Ella, 6, Michael, 3 ½, Brendan, 16 months, and newborn Grace, Wahlberg admits that experiencing parenthood first-hand gave him the ability to envision the worst and feel emotions he never thought possible.

“I have 13 nieces and nephews and I think, ‘Wow, I love these kids like they’re my own,’ ” he explains. “But now, if anyone did anything to harm my kids, as much as I love them, that would be it.”

Elated with fatherhood – calling it his “most important job ever, being a dad” – Wahlberg laughs as he recalls the moment he found out his first child would be a girl. “When I first realized I was having a daughter, I was a little freaked out,” he says. “But, of course, it’s the best thing to ever happen to me.”

With the family taking time off to celebrate the arrival of a second daughter, Grace, the break couldn’t come at a better time, the actor explains.

“I’ve been working so much in New York since September,” Wahlberg says. “I’m just going to be home and not have anything to do but play with the kids … and spend some quality time with my wife.”

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Mark & Rhea They have three children together, daughter Ella Rae (born in September 2003), and sons Michael (born in March 2006) and Brendan Joseph (born in September 2008). The couple announced in September 2009 that they are expecting their fourth child, which Wahlberg later announced was a daughter.

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New York Yankees player Derek Jeter films a cameo in the comedy “The Other Guys” starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg at the Nathan’s hot dog stand in Coney Island.

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Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg are teaming up as a couple of buddy cops in Columbia Pictures comedy film, “The Other Guys” and is set for release for August 6, 2010.

Shooting of the movie began this week and is being directed by Adam McKay (“Step Brothers” and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”). Also included in the cast, Samuel L. Jackson and former WWE wrestler Dewayne “The Rock” Johnson, as they will play a couple of elite cocky cops, whose exploits are the envy of the department.

I really don’t like Mark Wahlberg in comedies – so hopefully this movie doesn’t suck.

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