Overview

• Principal photography for 'By Any Means' began on April 15, 2025, in Atlanta, with Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II leading the cast.
• Wahlberg was photographed in full 1960s-inspired wardrobe, complete with chin and nose prosthetics and a bulked-up physique for his role as a mob hitman.
• The film dramatizes a true story involving J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI hiring a mafia hitman to investigate the 1966 murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi.
• Directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn and Theodore Witcher, the ensemble cast also features Giancarlo Esposito, Nicole Beharie, and Josh Lucas.
• Wahlberg’s physical transformation echoes his previous commitment to roles requiring drastic weight changes, such as in 2022's 'Father Stu.'