Mark Wahlberg on 'Ted': 'It's a real change for me'

Mark Wahlberg has said that his new comedy Ted was quite a change to his previous film roles.

The actor explained in a recent interview that Ted does give him a chance to show off his action hero talents even though the movie is a light comedy about a teddy bear.















"I still have some action with Ted. I have a great fight sequence in the movie. A chase sequence, climbing over some stuff," Wahlberg said, according to Flicks and Bits.

He continued: "I do play a very different character, my character has never been in an altercation until he has to punch this 12-year-old boy in the face. So it was very different.

"My character's very child-like, I wouldn't say naive, but he's a sweet guy. He's not the edgy sort of character that people have seen me play recently."

Wahlberg stars in Ted with Mila Kunis, Laura Vandervoort and Community's Joel McHale. MacFarlane provides the voice for the eponymous Ted, a stuffed bear who comes to life.

Ted opens on June 29 in the US and on August 1 in the UK.

Watch a trailer for Ted below: