Mark Wahlberg savours Penang’s charm as Malaysians floored by star’s humility

Mark Wahlberg shed the aura of a Hollywood star when he savoured street food and mingled with locals in Penang while filming Netflix’s The Big Fix. His trip delighted Malaysians and highlighted the country’s growing appeal to global productions. Videos of Wahlberg, who played a former Boston police detective in Spenser Confidential, filming around the Malaysian state went viral on social media over the weekend. Some clips showed the 55-year-old walking through a market, waving to onlookers…