From Tropic Thunder to Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey’s McConaissance has been meteoric.
We chronicle each step of its rise.
Yes, we are at the peak of a multi-media rejuvenation of McConaugheys career.
Love him or hate him, we must accept this next step in (career) evolution.
And here are the 10 steps that made the McConaissance alright, alright, alright.
That actor was Tom Cruise.
Instead, Stiller reshot an ending where Peck saves his friend and gets his Gulf Stream.
It surely made moviegoers h-h-h-h-h-appy.
Bernie
Anytime McConaughey reteams with hisDazed and Confuseddirector Richard Linklater, it is cause to be intrigued.
He is just so darn likable, and she kind of had it coming, right?
Magic Mike
Up next on our list of magical Matthew McConaughey movies isMagic Mike.
But whod have thought it would be director Steven Soderbergh who finally obliged?
However, the true toe-tapping treat for audiences was McConaugheys club owner and former dancer.
Mud is the definitive Southern storyteller: a man of tall tales and smiling agony.
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However, that extended beyond the camera too.
Amused and intrigued, the two riffed on that energy for one of the movies most bizarrely hilarious moments.
It even influenced the rest of the picture.Says Scorsese, I realized thats the movie!
It has to go fast, fast, fast.
At the risk of regurgitating a cliche, its not TV; its HBO.
Walk hand-in-hand into extinction, one last midnight, brothers and sisters, opting out of a raw deal.
But Ill would wager between the two, Cohle isthetrue detective.
Interstellar
And the McConaissance continues with a new late 2014 entry: a little movie calledInterstellar.
Of course, audiences are already begging to differ.
Nevertheless, McConaughey gives a strong and brilliantly rendered performance at the center of it.
And it is a credit to McConaughey that every heart string is thoroughly pulled by the picture.
In fact, his best scene in the movie doesnt even have any dialogue on McConaugheys part.
He simply watches his children grow before his eyes within three minutes.
***This article was first published on February 18, 2014.
