Mark Wahlberg, the actor who gained a reputation for his troubled past, has been making amends by donating to charities and establishing youth foundations.

However, despite his efforts, his career in the film industry will always be tainted with one particular legacy from his past.

Boogie Nights was one of the first films that helped propel Mark Wahlberg to the upper strata of Hollywood fame and demand.

The ensemble affair that helped launch the former hip-hop rapper’s career in cinema navigated the exploding adult film industry of the 70s and 80s and bagged two Academy Award nominations for the brilliant performances of Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds.

In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Wahlberg was asked about his iconic prosthetic p-nis from the film.

He claimed that it is locked away safe from his kids’ curious eyes.

In the movie, Wahlberg portrays Eddie Adams, a nightclub dishwasher working in the Los Angeles scene who bursts into the limelight after stepping into the p^rn industry and taking on the stage name “Dirk Diggler” for his famously large appendage.

Boogie Nights captures the sensational phenomenon that caused a watershed moment in the socio-political history of the US by bringing the adult film industry out of their imposed exile and into the fringes of publicity.

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring a fraternity of A-listers in its frames, Boogie Nights was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Screenplay category.

Besides Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg was joined by William H. Macy, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham, and John C. Reilly.

Despite his past, Wahlberg has been working tirelessly to make amends and do good in the world.

His numerous charitable donations and youth foundations serve as a way to change things for the better and repent for the sins of his past.

Boogie Nights was one of the only few projects that so explicitly and colorfully dived into the adult entertainment scenario, the recognition that it received was exponential, helping contribute to Wahlberg’s rapid rise in the pop-culture scenario in Hollywood soon after.

History is selective in the sense that it chooses to retain the gory past of the defeated and the villains and the altruistic glory of the victors.

The vile in-betweens that reside in the gaps in history’s pages are often forgotten or redacted from the collective consciousness.

Boogie Nights is currently available for streaming on Max and Apple TV+.

Mark Wahlberg’s past may be checkered, but he has been making amends through his charitable donations and youth foundations.

Boogie Nights propelled him to fame and recognition, thanks to its explicit and colorful dive into the adult entertainment industry.

Despite its success, Wahlberg has chosen to keep his prosthetic p-nis from the movie locked away safe from his children’s curious eyes.

The movie captured a sensational phenomenon that brought the adult film industry out of its imposed exile and into the fringes of publicity.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s screenplay for Boogie Nights earned an Oscar nomination in the Best Original Screenplay category.

Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore were brilliant in their performances, while William H. Macy, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham, and John C. Reilly joined Mark Wahlberg in the ensemble cast.

Wahlberg’s character, Eddie Adams, became famous in the movie for his famously large appendage and stage name “Dirk Diggler.”

The adult film industry is a topic that is often shunned by mainstream media, but Boogie Nights brought it into the limelight.

Wahlberg’s involvement in the movie helped propel him to fame and recognition, despite his troubled past.

Now, he is focused on doing good in the world and changing things for the better.

Boogie Nights is currently available for streaming on Max and Apple TV+, and serves as a reminder of the adult film industry’s history and Wahlberg’s past roles.