Matthew Mcconaughey

Mcconaughey Told Us Where That Wolf Of Wall Street Chest Thumping Came From

... Street] to relax and then we’d yell “action” and I would start the scene and I’d stop doing it.”. So how did it end up being part of the scene. “We were done for the day - we’d done five takes, Martin Scorsese was happy, I was happy, Leonardo was happy and we were moving on and it was Leonardo’s idea, he goes. “Hang on a second.” and he asked me, “what were you doing before the take?”. “I explained what I just explained to you and he goes “Well you wanna try that in the scene?” and I said “sure.” So the next take I just did it at the beginning of the scene, but I remember thinking, ‘well, now do it at the end of the conversation to see if the young turk - who you just taught what Wall Street is all about  - see if he’s on the same frequency, see if he gets it,’ and so we ended up bookending the scene with it and that was the take we used.”. Matthew Mc Conaughey is unrecognisable in exclusive Gold trailer. Thus Matthew’s personal relaxation technique became a piece of pop culture. But does he still do it now it’s not so secret. “Oh I still do it!” he assured me. “But it’s a different tune that I’m humming or beating on my chest for each character.”. And where ...

Matthew Mcconaughey Is Insufferably Hammy

... Mc Conaughey’s gold miner hero to seem smug and grandstanding. Thursday 2 February 2017 22.45 GMT. Last modified on Thursday 2 February 2017 22.47 GMT. M atthew Mc Conaughey is insufferably hammy and tiresomely self-regarding in this shapeless, unsatisfying movie, taken from a real-life South Sea Bubble case of credulity and greed. But the film has neither the steel and wit necessary for satire, nor the insight for an engaging human drama in the style of something like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Finally, Mc Conaughey’s smug hero makes an unearned claim on our sentimental affections; he is the roistering entrepreneur who wants to be both the victim of a fraud yet somehow also its lovably cheeky beneficiary. Moreover, Mc Conaughey has zero bromantic chemistry with his co-star, Edgar Ramírez, who phones in a dull, blank performance. Matthew Mc Conaughey: ‘My agent said no to romcoms. And then there was nothing’. Read more. The story is based on a 1990 s mining scandal: a phoney claim to have found gold in Indonesia created a stock-market tulip fever based on nothing. Mc Conaughey plays Kenny Welsh, a ...

Phil Mickelson, Matthew Mcconaughey & Condoleezza Rice Headline 'feherty' 7th Season

... creative for the new season kicked off today on Golf Channel, and will continue to run across NBCUniversal networks throughout the season. Feherty is coming off a banner year in 2016, highlighted by Season 6 of Feherty being the most-watched season ever (Live Same Day, Live +3); sitting down with nowfour Presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump; serving as an NBC Olympic correspondent in Rio; appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; being profiled on the Emmy award-winning HBO original series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel; and playing a key role in NBC Sports’ unprecedented 12-week stretch of premier golf events beginning with The Open and concluding with the Ryder Cup. Feherty has gone one-on-one with celebrities across golf, sports, entertainment, politics and business, including ...

Matthew Mcconaughey Loves To Work

... the 47-year-old actor admits it was hard to give up at first because of the money he was being offered. He added: "The ceiling and the basement of your emotions - how much pain can I feel, how happy can I be, how loud can I laugh? - that's designed to be a very thin wavelength, much closer together. That same script, same words, with a $5 million offer, is so much better written than the one with the $1 million offer.". Get breaking news sent instantly to your inbox. Sign Up. I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site consitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Meanwhile, Matthew also admitted he prefers dramas as he is able to explore "what a character would humanly do". He told The Guardian newspaper: "They are thin, by design. You come in on a cloud and you skip from cloud to cloud, and if you drop anchor in a romantic comedy, you will sink the ship. If it's a scene where boy meets girl and I get really mad for a second, uh-uh, cut. 'You can't get mad because we won't believe you can make it back.' That's how it goes. "No, no, no. What's easier about a drama is that: with every ...

Beer Belly! Matthew Mcconaughey Talks 20kg Weight Gain For New Role

... People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2005, completely transformed for his role as criminal Kenny Wells in Gold, which he claims is a film about 'American greed.'. With thinning hair in the film, the handsome star sports a rotund beer belly, a far cry from his previous looks. In 2012, Matthew starred as a stripper in Magic Mike, setting hearts racing as he showed off his washboard abs while performing racy routines on screen. Changing figure: Matthew showed off his ripped body as a stripper in 2012's Magic Mike (left), before dramatically dropping 21 kilograms later in the year (right). A year later, he shocked the world with his emaciated appearance, losing a staggering 21 kg to play an AIDS victim in The Dallas Buyer's Club. Matthew previously said losing weight for the huge role was difficult and required ...

Matthew Mcconaughey’s Top 10 Performances

... “Mc Conaissance”. Top Performances is a recurring feature in which we definitively handpick the very best performances from an iconic actor or actress. Before 2010, we likely would have never even considered a list like this about  Matthew Mc Conaughey , the lanky surfer dude with a croaky Southern accent and a mile-wide grin who limped through the late ’90 s and early 2000 s in lazy romcoms (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch) and ill-advised action vehicles (Sahara). Despite that, Mc Conaughey has remained a fascinating actor throughout his career, combining a winning, approachable charm with an enigmatic intensity that lets him transition snugly between leading man and inventive character actor. With that kind of versatility, it’s no wonder the aptly dubbed “Mc Conaissance” of the early 2010 s has become the stuff of legend. Since 2011, he’s been in hit after hit, turning in one bravura performance after another. In fact, his command of Rust Cohle’s cynical nihilism in the first season of True Detective shows he can craft revolutionary performances on the small screen as well, all while ...

My Agent Said No To Romcoms. And Then There Was Nothing

... out of this background that Mc Conaughey pulled Kenny Wells, whose well-finessed self-delusion gets thousands of people to part with their money. “People invested those hundreds of millions of dollars on the story. What makes the story move?” Mc Conaughey smiles his lazy smile. “Confidence.”. For a short period in the early part of his career, Mc Conaughey was at risk of becoming obnoxious. He’d fallen into acting almost by chance: the casting agent for Dazed And Confused, who was scouting in Austin, auditioned him on the basis of a random conversation when they met at a bar. Mc Conaughey was still a student at the University of Texas, studying film and TV, and after the film came out his instant success somewhat stunned him. He was young, feted, on billboards throughout Hollywood, and within a few years his location packages started to include fringe benefits that blew his mind. He was given a staff that included a maid – “and she cooks!” he says, reliving the amazement. “She leaves me a meal! And, check this out, she irons my jeans!” ...

Comedy’s Matthew Mcconaughey

... there must be something wrong. People think that about people who eat alone. You see somebody go to a Japanese hibachi steakhouse alone and you think, “Oh my God, this person must have just lost a child.”. “Look at this wayward gambler who just rolled in.” I hear people talk all the time about needing alone time. “I’m a mom. I just want to take a bath.” But when you actually do it people are like, “What?!” I think about women who can’t drive in certain countries. Why would I not take advantage of every freedom I have as a human? I used to have so much anxiety and was afraid to fly anywhere, so for me it’s a little self challenge and a way to grow. I always feel confident and badass when I come home from traveling alone. I think it’s so bizarre for grownups to worry about what other people think. I grew up as a weird kid and people always made fun of me. I’m so used to it that I’m like, “I don’t care.” At this point I really don’t care what anyone thinks. It’s so badass. It’s very American cowboy. Get ...

Matthew Mcconaughey Won’t Back Away From His Drumming Past

... Beat of His Own Drum. Matthew Mc Conaughey Won’t Back Away from His Drumming Past. You can’t stop his beat. Warner Brothers/REX/Shutterstock. Despite having been in the limelight since his breakout role in 1993’s Dazed and Confused, Oscar-winner and Lincoln spokesperson Matthew Mc Conaughey still remains something of a puzzling Hollywood mystery. The line between Matthew Mc Conaughey the Man and Matthew Mc Conaughey the Popular Impression is in a constant state of blur. A lot of his most memorable movie moments—from “ alright, alright, alright ” to that bizarre chest-beating chant from Wolf of Wall Street —were either improvised or actual Mc Conaughey-isms. Despite having achieved enormous success, the actor has never let go of the off-the-wall behavior that inspired director Richard Linklater to pluck him out of the crowd decades ago. So when the Mc Conaughey has a chance to share some of his quirkier tendencies, you know it’s going to be good. And for old-school fans of the actor, this latest interview holds a delightful hidden gem. In addition to confessions about cheeseburgers and the usual ...

Why Matthew Mcconaughey Walked Away From Romantic Comedies

... he said. But it was hard to walk away, because "that same script, same words, with a $US 5 million offer, is so much better than the one with the $1 million offer.". To thoroughly rebrand, the father-of-three explained he had to clean his slate for a while and turn down every script that came in. "So the anxiety was, well, how long is nothing going to come in? Having a family helps, but I feel like I always need to be accomplishing something, for my own happiness and significance. I gotta work. The anxiety was in how long will it be dry, how long will we get nothing? My agent did a good job saying no, no, no. Then the studios got the message and quit sending them. Then there was an impasse of nothing. And there was nothing for about eight months.". Matthew Mc Conaughey in a scene from the movie Gold. Patrick Brown. Mc Conaughey's patience eventually paid off, and he began landing roles in low-budget films including 2011's Killer Joe and Magic Mike, alongside Channing Tatum, in 2012. And then, of course, came his unforgettable Oscar-winning performance as AIDS activist Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club in 2014. Mc Conaughey's latest movie ...