Mel Gibson, who just directed Mark Wahlberg in the thriller “Flight Risk,” wants to return to Las Vegas for another film.
“Mark Wahlberg He is a hardworking man and is perfect to work with. The production experience in Vegas was a top notch,” the “fatal weapon” star said. Las Vegas Review Journal On the weekend. “I'm sure Vegas will hold the Mark significantly. I look forward to returning to the big budget movie.”
The “Braveheart” star and Wahlberg have worked together in the past on “Father's Stoo” and “Dad's House 2” in 2022. He played Wahlberg's dad in both films.
Gibson is one of three Hollywood icons, and President Trump named it in January along with Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone. Hollywood special ambassador.
“They serve as special envoys to me with the aim of bringing Hollywood, which has lost so many business abroad in the past four years, Trump wrote at the time.
Gibson learned in January that he was appointed Hollywood ambassador when Trump posted about it, but he told him “I'm ready in all the way I can and willing to serve.”
The “Pocahontas” actor said the tax incentives for filming the project in California were not enough to keep the Golden State competitive.
“I had to shoot a whole day of films in Los Angeles. It's cheaper than taking the whole crew to Europe, filming for three days, lodgeing, flying, flying around everything,” Gibson explained. “So there's something really wrong there.”
Gibson said former California governor Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger “I tried to level the arena a few years ago, but I couldn't do that because of the obstacles.”
When asked why Gibson decided to stay in Malibu, Hannity pointed out that many stars have left the state.
“I won't blame them because a lot of people have left,” he agreed with Hannity. “It didn't suit them anymore. Even people who were liberals didn't suit them anymore, but what would happen if everyone left?”
He said when Hannity asked what Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass was the Hollywood ambassador. Compete against other parts of the world. . . . It's more cost-effective so we go somewhere else. There are many prohibitions and things in the ways I think I can lift. ”
“We'll talk to everyone about it later and get more specific,” Gibson said of Voight and Stallone. “And I have to educate myself more about it too, but I think I can fix it.”
Gibson still lives in California, but Wahlberg moved his family to Nevada three years ago to talk about creating the state's “Hollywood 2.0.”
According to the Journal of Review, the “Shooter” actor is supporting Bill 238 in Nevada.
“We want to create 10,000 jobs in the studio alone. Wahlberg told Fox News Digital in 2023.
In 2022, Wahlberg told The Talk, “I moved to Nevada. After this gubernatorial election, I'll be able to go to the law and get a state tax credit.
