Shawn Thornton on his role in 'Ted'

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Thornton’s scene was brief -- to be honest, yours truly had to do a double take to know that it was even him. It was filmed at the Hatch Shell, where Joel McHale’s character had taken Mila Kunis’ character on a date to see a Norah Jones concert. Desperate to win back Kunis’ character, John, played by Wahlberg, gets on stage and sings Rita Coolidge’s "All Time High."

As the crowd boos, Thornton, one of the angry fans, screams, “You’re an [expletive]!” and jumps onto the stage before being knocked out by the the microphone stand-wielding Wahlberg. Minus losing the fight, that’s the perfect role for Thornton, no?

“I didn't know really what was going to happen, what my scene was going to be until I got there,” he said. “Then they were like, 'Oh you have a line,' and I was like, '[Expletive], I can't act. Don't give me a line!'

“They were like, 'We're pretty sure you'll be fine with this one.' I read it and I was like, 'Yeah, this is pretty easy.' ”

The line and scene were written perfectly for Thornton, so even if he knew how, he wouldn't have taken any artistic liberties.

“I think that was pretty much verbatim,” he said. “That was there on paper. It might have said, 'This guy's an [expletive],' but I don't even remember. I just yelled it and ran up on stage. It was pretty easy.”

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[MattBurger]

Saw Ted on Friday, and I thought that was Thornton that charged Wahlberg in that scene, but I wasn't 100% sure. Good stuff.

[bruiser11]

That was funny.