BuzzFeed - If you missed The Wire the first go-round, HBO Signature will marathon all five seasons starting Dec. 26. Cast members talk to BuzzFeed News about why the show was ahead of its time. Michael K. Williams as Omar Little on The Wire HBO In the summer of 2003, Andre Royo, known to fans of HBO's The Wire as recovering heroin addict and Baltimore police informant Bubbles, was standing in a buffet line fixing himself a plate at a party for the premium cabler in New York, when he saw Mark Wahlberg making his way toward him. At the time, the middle of the second season of The Wire was airing, and the actor was at the event to toast the launch of another HBO series, Entourage, which Wahlberg produced. "I was like, oh shit! Mark Wahlberg's coming up to me!" Royo told BuzzFeed News via phone, recalling the glint of familiarity in Wahlberg's eyes. "And he came up to me, and he was like, 'Hey, you've got a good job now. I hope you appreciate your position right now. You bett
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