Mark Wahlberg Says Nevada Is ‘a Place Where My Kids Can Thrive’ 2 Years After California Move (Exclusive)

Mark Wahlberg and his family are loving life in Nevada!

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE for this week’s issue, Arthur the king star shares that he, wife Rhea Durham, and their four children are happily settled in Las Vegas following their big move from California in 2022.

“It’s a place where my kids can thrive, do their own thing and pursue their interests,” the 52-year-old actor says of the family’s new home.

Wahlberg and Durham – who married in August 2009 – have daughters Ella, 20, and Grace, 14, and sons Michael, 17, and Brendan, 15.

Mark Wahlberg, wife Rhea Durham and their four children. John Shearer/WireImage Why stars like Mark Wahlberg are leaving Hollywood for ‘Beverly Hills in Las Vegas’ (Exclusive)

When Father Stu star first revealed in the fall of 2022 that his family had left California, he shared his vision of building a studio and turning Las Vegas into “Hollywood 2.0.”

“Hopefully after this gubernatorial election, we’ll go into the legislature and pass a bill so we can get tax credits for the state, build a state-of-the-art studio here and make this Hollywood 2.0,” he said on Conversation in that time.

“I want to be able to work from home,” the star added.

Wahlberg went on to explain that he “only made a few movies the whole time” he lived in California.

“Being able to give my kids a better life and pursue and pursue their dreams — whether it’s my daughter as a rider, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer — this made a lot more sense to us,” he continued.

Rhea Durham and Mark Wahlberg.

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Wahlberg also said he and Durham, 45, saw the move to Nevada as an opportunity to “give a fresh start for ourselves, a fresh start for the kids,” adding, “I’m really excited about the future.”

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In a report to PEOPLE a year after the move, the actor said his family is happy and thriving in their new digs. “Everyone has adjusted well. All the children are in school and everyone is happy,” he said.

Mark Wahlberg bonded with a stray dog ​​under extreme circumstances in Arthur the king Announcement (exclusive)

This move certainly did not jeopardize Wahlberg’s acting career. After last year’s Family planWahlberg’s latest role in the Arthur the king reveals how he shares the screen with the four-legged star.

In the movie — based on the 2017 book by Mikael Lindnord Arthur: The dog who crossed the jungle to find a home — Wahlberg stars as an athlete who constantly encounters a stray dog ​​while participating in a grueling endurance race through the Dominican Republic.

He and his teammates eventually adopted the determined dog, whom they named King Arthur, and made him their mascot.

Mark Wahlberg and his co-star in the movie ‘Arthur the King’.

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Wahlberg tells PEOPLE that he and the pup bonded during filming — though the star had to resort to a bit of “bribing” to win the animal over at first.

“He was actually my neighbor in the Dominican Republic, so when the trainer would let him out of the house, I would whistle at him and he would run in front of her,” she says of the dog. “And by the time she got home, he’d already eaten a few steaks and a few pieces of chicken, and we became fast friends.”

Arthur the king it’s in theaters now. For more on Mark Wahlberg, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands now.

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