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Despite starring in films like "Planet of the Apes" and the upcoming "Transformers 4," sci-fi apparently just isn't Mark Wahlberg's bag, even when it comes to J.J. Abrams and "Star Trek." During an interview with Total Film about "Broken City" (which opens in the U.K. on Friday), the actor revealed that he turned down a role in Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot. "I remember him asking me to play Captain Kirk's father in 'Star Trek' and I tried to read the script and I didn't understand the words, the dialogue or anything," he admitted. "I said, 'I couldn't do this. I »
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