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Wide ScreenMatthew McConaughey is aware of the ‘McConaissance’
In case you hadn’t noticed, Matthew McConaughey's career is going really, really well right now. So much so that fans and followers of the Oscar-nominated “Dallas Buyers Club” actor have hilariously dubbed this new era “The McConaissance.” Alright, alright, alright.
After an uncharacteristically quiet few years, the 44-year-old actor has returned with a vengeance, churning out a number of critically-acclaimed performances on both the big and small screens and earning a boatload of awards in the process. From his dark turns in “Mud” and “Killer Joe,” to his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of the AIDS-afflicted Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club” and his memorably off-the-wall performances in “Magic Mike” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” almost every role McConaughey has taken over the past several years has been bigger and better than the one that preceded it.
And then there's HBO's "True Detective." McConaughey's small-screen role as nihilistic police detective Rust Cohle has inarguably set a new bar for TV acting performances (a particularly praise-worthy achievement, considering how great TV has become in recent years) and has practically guaranteed him an Emmy down the road. McConaughey is firing on all cylinders. In addition to the inevitable Emmy, the Texan also seems poised to win the Best Actor Oscar for "Dallas Buyers Club" next month.
The actor recently spoke to Variety about the current state of his career, his good fortune, and what he's up to next.
"For the next two months, I’m playing the character of Matthew McConaughey, an actor proud of the films he’s been in,” the actor said, switching to the third person. “And if any of those films or his performances are in awards shows, he’s going to go, heart high and head up, and look them all in the eye and say, ‘Damn right this is a great time in my career.’ That’s the role I’m in now. I’ve got a lot to be thankful for.”
McConaughey also briefly touched on one of his upcoming projects, "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan's secretive science fiction film "Intersteller." The actor didn’t spill the beans on Nolan’s upcoming pic, but he did comment on the scope of the film.
“Here’s what I can tell you,” McConaughy said. “It’s the most ambitious thing [Nolan]’s ever done. And he’s done some ambitious stuff.”
Given McConaughey's own highly ambitious recent run on the big and small screens, we'd say he's eminently qualified to comment on what should be categorized as ambitious. If his turn in "Interstellar" is anywhere near the calibre of his recent performances, then audiences are in for a huge treat.
"Interstellar" arrives in theatres on November 7, 2014.
