How Matthew McConaughey Convinced Hollywood He Could Do More Than Rom-Coms

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  • Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
  • Matthew McConaughey. You'd be hard pressed to find any movie fan today that doesn't know his name. From the handsome heart throb in Rom Coms, to winning Oscars in heart breaking dramas, Matthew McConaughey has turned his career into one most actors in Hollywood could only dream of. Though when first starting out it seemed Matthew McConaughey was doomed to spend his days churning out nothing but shirtless roles in rom coms. But Matthew McConaughey charted his own path and built a career that no one could have expected.
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  • @kamsismith
    @kamsismith 20 днів тому +141

    Tropic Thunder and Wolf of Wall Street proved that he can be hilarious.

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 20 днів тому +4

      Agreed, he should honestly star in more comedies, he's definitely got the chops for it.

    • @kamsismith
      @kamsismith 20 днів тому +1

      @@trinaqHe was recently in the Agent Elvis Netflix series. The premise looked funny with Elvis Presley as a secret agent by night while touring by day, but it looks dumb from the trailers.

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 20 днів тому +1

      @@kamsismith I should check it out, shame that it was axed after a single season.

    • @Locadel2003
      @Locadel2003 20 днів тому +3

      I think A failure to Launch was hilarious but the supporting actors stoled that movie

    • @kamsismith
      @kamsismith 20 днів тому

      @@trinaqNetflix really needs to stop canceling shows after one season. Recently, they canceled Everything Now. I don't know if you watched the show, but it was pitched as a British version of Never Have I Ever with an eating disorder recovery storyline.

  • @VincentVonDudler
    @VincentVonDudler 20 днів тому +90

    He was *amazing* in True Detective. He's not just acting - that character lives in him somewhere just like the Joker lived in Heath Ledger. Interstellar was a fine scifi movie and he acted well but the character was just a normal guy. True Detective had him reaching for a very small part of himself that he had to amplify for that role and he did an extremely convincing job.

    • @borkabrak
      @borkabrak 19 днів тому +6

      Yeah, True Detective convinced me that this guy who was, in my mind, just a pretty good actor was in fact one of the finest performers alive today.
      Harrelson did fantastic as well, but we're talking about McDonalday right now. :)

    • @ryankelly1840
      @ryankelly1840 19 днів тому +2

      @@borkabrak Wood Harrenstein did great

    • @Andrew-po8nt
      @Andrew-po8nt 19 днів тому +1

      the show felt like a documentary, actually all seasons of True Detective felt like a documentary, because shit like that happens in the real world

    • @laurelsilberman5705
      @laurelsilberman5705 17 днів тому +1

      I agree that him as Rust Cohl is so iconic a performance that it’s up there with Ledger’s Joker. Especially because both roles were so unbelievably dark and both actors, albeit at very different points along the same journey, were both perceived as “romantic leading men” types, cuties who could make us laugh-and then when we saw Cohl or Joker, we completely forgot who was playing them because they had utterly disappeared inside the character.

  • @scientia.veritas
    @scientia.veritas 20 днів тому +180

    One correction: "A Time To Kill" was not one of those "forgettable films with macho titles" or that he moved on to play "serious roles" after it. It WAS a serious role, an intense film with Matthew playing a non-violent, subdued role.

    • @chloemchll3774
      @chloemchll3774 20 днів тому +11

      Agreed- it is an adaptation of a John Grisham novel where Matthew plays a small-time lawyer hired to defend a black man accused of murdering the men who raped his 10 year old daughter, in the deep South, with the KKK lurking in the shadows and the built in prejudice conflicting with how much we like the righteous retribution the father gets after the justice system failed his daughter.
      It was definitely an early attempt at a more serious role, and had a cast to back that up.

    • @theultim8noob921
      @theultim8noob921 20 днів тому +17

      Yeah it shouldn't have been glossed over in the video, movie had a big cast too. First role as a leading man surrounded by Sam Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey and he still stood out in his performance

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 20 днів тому +3

      Which is ironic when in 2011 he plays a lawyer who can at times be a cocky salesman (The Lincoln Lawyer).

    • @Ryan07_20
      @Ryan07_20 19 днів тому +5

      Exactly, a time to kill was his breakout role in a major studio movie

    • @epochsgaming
      @epochsgaming 19 днів тому +12

      Makes me think they've never actually seen 'A Time To Kill'

  • @benwakeling8763
    @benwakeling8763 19 днів тому +19

    Glossing over 'A Time to Kill' is absolutely criminal

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 20 днів тому +72

    The Gentleman was one of the best examples. Also the first season of True Detective was one of the best TV series I have ever watched along with only the first season of Westworld

    • @ericadunn9435
      @ericadunn9435 20 днів тому

      Westworld season 2 had the amazing episode Kiksuya about Akecheta finding his way out of the maze.

    • @irem8126
      @irem8126 18 днів тому +1

      Finally someone knows Guy Richie's The Gentelmen. Feel like that movie went into oblivion. IT's a shame cause it's such a good movie, one of my all time favorites

  • @jonisilk
    @jonisilk 20 днів тому +24

    Criminal of you to downplay "A Time to Kill". That was the film that made his name as a serious actor.
    It was his first serious dramatic role, surrounded by a stellar cast that he more than held his own against, as well as carrying the film as it's lead.
    Could almost swear you haven't actually seen the film, given that kind of disrespect being shown to it.

    • @iamnoone4918
      @iamnoone4918 19 днів тому +2

      Exactly

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 18 днів тому +2

      That movie is the best John Grisham adaptation thanks to the excellent casting and Joel Schuamcher’s direction & the powerful dialogue. McConaughey’s tearful closing argument just brings out the waterworks

  • @Nina-jf7xl
    @Nina-jf7xl 18 днів тому +3

    A Time to Kill is a marvelous movie, one of my all time favorites honestly, mostly due to McConaughey's acting. He played his character extremely well and I think this performance alone proves how good of an actor he is. I was waiting for you to comment on that movie but you sadly glosed over it. :(

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 20 днів тому +18

    Talk about the McConnaissance of all movie careers. While his turn in romantic comedies was decent, his work in Killer Joe showed how excellent he was in dramas, and paved the way for more dramatic, memorable performances.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 18 днів тому

      I think that flash showed earlier when he starred in “A Time to Kill” under Joel Schumacher. There’s such heart and passion in that performance; his closing statement of the trial is just beautifully written (since it is John Grisham’s book). And he’s also good in “Contact” in ‘97. I think “Killer Joe” came at the right moment for him to get out of the 2000s rom-com pigeon-hole & man that movie made me cringe (in a good way)

  • @mar21182
    @mar21182 19 днів тому +8

    A Time to Kill was the first time I heard of Matthew McConaughey. He was excellent in that movie. I always thought the rom coms gave him an undeserved goofy reputation. He always had some serious acting chops. In A Time to Kill, he shared the screen with Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey, and he was every bit their equal.

  • @jonm.1030
    @jonm.1030 20 днів тому +22

    "Alright alright alright" - me when I see Nerdstalgic post a new video

  • @roelvinckens5553
    @roelvinckens5553 20 днів тому +11

    Rust Cole all the way.
    The chemistry between Matthew and Woody was epic.

    • @travis7211
      @travis7211 19 днів тому

      They're close friends in real life

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 18 днів тому

      They were perfect together & their real life bromance is pretty adorable

  • @VincentVonDudler
    @VincentVonDudler 20 днів тому +8

    4:30 - OMG! I totally forgot about Frailty! Amazing film!

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 18 днів тому +1

      I wish Bill Paxton had directed more films like it. He deftly handled the duties of directing and acting on that project; he was basically onset dad to the two young actors who played the sons who just adored him. And yeah McConaughey is creepy as hell & the final reveal did shock me

  • @don63
    @don63 18 днів тому +1

    A Time To Kill, Sahara, Interstellar, Free State Of Jones, Contact, U-571, Dark Tower, ans the list goes on and on. One of our greatest contemporary actors. He's even been known to teach at his Alma mater.

  • @poonking3628
    @poonking3628 16 днів тому

    His performance in A time to Kill is underrated af to not even get mentioned.

  • @OmnipotentSpud
    @OmnipotentSpud 20 днів тому +3

    True detective did it. Moving on.

  • @roguesample
    @roguesample 20 днів тому +1

    Matthew is such a boss - dude is an actor who’s job it is to play characters and he turns all of his characters into him a little bit. Not many other actors I can think of that still maintain themselves throughout all their performances

  • @josephkitchens1644
    @josephkitchens1644 20 днів тому

    Truly one of our best! True detective and Interstellar are on another level. I do hope he takes more main roles hear soon

  • @NicoleHeaston
    @NicoleHeaston 20 днів тому +3

    I love Frailty!

  • @gaivstoflake8861
    @gaivstoflake8861 20 днів тому +1

    4:13 Did you just have the german copy of the wedding planer laying around haha?

  • @Andrew-po8nt
    @Andrew-po8nt 19 днів тому +1

    True Detective season 1 was a masterpiece and still probably his best role

  • @Deathstroke4200
    @Deathstroke4200 20 днів тому +2

    Have you watched A Time To Kill? It's not macho at all, its emotional as hell.

  • @RealCarlosPerez
    @RealCarlosPerez 20 днів тому +4

    Uvalde has posted a large cutout of McConaughey as you enter town from the east lol it is epic

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 18 днів тому

      He also lent a lot of support to them after a school shooting & even decried the police’s delayed response to the tragedy

  • @benilinshingoseth2086
    @benilinshingoseth2086 20 днів тому

    I discovered him in EdTv and became instantly one of my favorite movies of my youth. People may disagree, but I could say that even though some dislike this film, he (and the others crew members) were awesome in this role. And the first season of True Detective was really awesome... Wait, I like him in all his appearances alongside Woody Harrelson !

  • @wardbjerregaard5155
    @wardbjerregaard5155 19 днів тому

    Yes yes and yes.❤ his my top 10 actors of all time ❤️🇦🇺

  • @kris242
    @kris242 19 днів тому

    McConaughey always reminded me of the lone nice-guy in pretty much every popular-kid-bully-group 😂 The one that’ll laugh along while you’re getting your head dunked in the toilet, but then-later that day-tutor you in Spanish, free of charge, and make you pinky-promise that this friendship will never leave these walls.

  • @k31than
    @k31than 19 днів тому

    I feel kinda bad that my most memorable Matthew McConaughey moment is his appearance on 'Between Two Ferns' as he's being interviewed by Zach Galifianakis, and not his starring role in True Detective.😅

  • @zeitgeistx5239
    @zeitgeistx5239 16 днів тому

    It started with Mud, I remember being shocked that he was doing serious dramas starting with Mud.

  • @nickgoodwin8715
    @nickgoodwin8715 19 днів тому

    This video made me realize that Interstellar is kind of Mcconaughy's life.Small town nice guy turned into an incredibly important person.

  • @ajithvkashyap9130
    @ajithvkashyap9130 20 днів тому +4

    He's the greatest talent of this lot.. change my mind.

  • @MiguelNdiweni
    @MiguelNdiweni 8 днів тому

    Matt McConaughey is one of the Best actors of all time

  • @Andrew-po8nt
    @Andrew-po8nt 19 днів тому

    I'm one of those people who liked all the seasons of True Detective, I think season 2 was criminally underrated. Sure, it's not as good as Season 1, but it's hard to top a masterpiece, only Star Wars and Godfather have ever done it. Even season 3 was very good, they all felt like overdramatized documentaries.

  • @redeclipseprojects9746
    @redeclipseprojects9746 19 днів тому +1

    waiiittt Reign of Fire was him hahaha i never noticed :)

  • @TachibanaKyosuke
    @TachibanaKyosuke 19 днів тому

    Holy shit. I just realized it was him in Reigns of Fire

  • @hellogoodbyeandallinbetween
    @hellogoodbyeandallinbetween 20 днів тому

    I loved his voice acting in Kubo

  • @aksharaghav9657
    @aksharaghav9657 20 днів тому

    They were going to make a sequel tv show to A Time To Kill. The last update was two years ago. I really hope they make it cause the sequel books are just as good.

  • @MatthewJBD
    @MatthewJBD 20 днів тому

    The Gentlemen is one of my favourite

  • @Woozlewuzzleable
    @Woozlewuzzleable 20 днів тому +3

    I loved Interstellar even though I predicted the ending, I don't think it gets enough love as a great sci-fi movie.

  • @ftuT
    @ftuT 19 днів тому

    Not a bad recap, though I believe A Time To Kill was a pretty successful film (and praised by many) in the good side of Mr. Schumacher's catalogue.

  • @muhammadshahzarkhalique7848
    @muhammadshahzarkhalique7848 19 днів тому

    They made a video on my fav actor

  • @Martin-wy2on
    @Martin-wy2on 19 днів тому

    Mud is one of my favorite McConaughey films.

  • @lieutenantshibby
    @lieutenantshibby 17 днів тому

    Can you make this video again but make it 5 hours long

  • @jamesrichards2980
    @jamesrichards2980 19 днів тому

    The man is absurdly charismatic. Truth be told, I find him less charismatic in real life, but goddamn he is magnetic on screen. I always say that is the mark of a true movie star - they are electric in whatever role they choose (good guy, bad guy, supporting character)

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes 16 днів тому

    Dude is legit the same character in every movie

  • @MatthewJBD
    @MatthewJBD 20 днів тому

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Guy Richie's The Gentlemen...

  • @davidsubotin7122
    @davidsubotin7122 20 днів тому

    Did you use AI i 6:28 to say "The Lincoln Lawyer in 2011" ?

  • @rectalespionagesailboat4819
    @rectalespionagesailboat4819 19 днів тому

    I don't know how anyone could possibly do better than he did in S1 of True Detective, it was one of the best single seasons of anything I have ever seen and also one of the best performances from any actor I have ever seen. Literally nothing left to prove after that.

  • @Mimsie
    @Mimsie 20 днів тому +1

    Reign of Fire is great. It's so fun bad movie but freaking fun!

    • @Jonathan-ih7qp
      @Jonathan-ih7qp 3 дні тому

      Ridiculous? Yes. A little dumb? Maybe. But, bad? Never.
      Also, McConaughey has one of the best death scenes EVER in that movie.

  • @ericmoney2769
    @ericmoney2769 14 днів тому

    He also teaches at UT sometimes

  • @MikefromQueens
    @MikefromQueens 15 днів тому

    A time to kill was amazing

  • @FulcisAugen
    @FulcisAugen 19 днів тому

    Matthew was in TCM 4, not 3.

  • @ravigupta1813
    @ravigupta1813 20 днів тому

    I just started true detective

  • @itsoktonotbeokay
    @itsoktonotbeokay 20 днів тому

    This man is a national treasure

  • @SagarSudhirGanu
    @SagarSudhirGanu 20 днів тому

    He should have done more films like Reign of Fire.

  • @GaryKetchum808
    @GaryKetchum808 20 днів тому

    Doing romcoms for a paycheck is based af. Pinnacle McConaughey moment.

  • @osmanyousif7849
    @osmanyousif7849 20 днів тому

    You know, I’m surprised Christopher Nolan hasn’t thought about hiring McConaughey to be in his movies much earlier. Call me nuts, but I could totally see him as Harvey Dent for The Dark Knight. Not hating on Aaron Eckhart, but when you compare McConaughey‘s acting, especially in later movies/shows like The Lincoln Lawyer and True Detective, I could totally see him, pulling off the role.

  • @sxeptomaniac
    @sxeptomaniac 19 днів тому

    I love Frailty and Reign of Fire. Both had fantastic casts, and I'd argue McConaughey showed how well he understood the assignments in each of them. He knew to keep it subtle in the former, and chew scenery in the latter.

  • @SG-dg6oi
    @SG-dg6oi 19 днів тому

    never saw dazed and confused

  • @joshfactor1
    @joshfactor1 20 днів тому

    well, it's quite simple really; you see, he had a full powerpoint presentation with data backed up by cited sources

  • @Mykasan
    @Mykasan 19 днів тому

    how come no one mentions sahara?! that movie is fun and underappreciated.

  • @julianuceda1331
    @julianuceda1331 20 днів тому

    "If you wish to be The King of the jungle, it's not enough to act like a king. You must be The King. And there can be no doubt. Because doubt causes chaos and one's own demise."
    The Gentlemen

  • @thegreatacolyt1277
    @thegreatacolyt1277 20 днів тому

    Great actor

  • @aksharaghav9657
    @aksharaghav9657 20 днів тому

    McConaughey was born on Romcoms but wasn't meany to die there.

  • @zonadedescanso4342
    @zonadedescanso4342 20 днів тому +1

    It's a shame that in the last years his career has decreased a little bit again. I know that soon he will reappear again with a new hit.

  • @kompellasrivatsa2282
    @kompellasrivatsa2282 15 днів тому

    I always dreamed to watch him as a gangster, and I think Guy Ritchie is the first to do it?

  • @Impostorzim
    @Impostorzim 20 днів тому

    You realize youve gotten old when Interstellar is a classic

  • @squelish
    @squelish 20 днів тому

    The Black Tower movie.... WOOF!

  • @RawbeardX
    @RawbeardX 20 днів тому

    yeah, but what about Sahara?

  • @brandonmurphy301
    @brandonmurphy301 19 днів тому

    No mention of the underrated Sahara, or the cinematic abomination Tip Toes? Bad form, sir!

  • @Hotsaucedeluxe
    @Hotsaucedeluxe 20 днів тому

    I didn't take him seriously until True Detective and Interstellar.

  • @AmTrFilms
    @AmTrFilms 20 днів тому

    Fools gold was more of an adventure than romantic comedu

  • @Ryan07_20
    @Ryan07_20 19 днів тому

    Real Good video but should have came out literally 10 years ago

  • @user-ih4nr4gp6w
    @user-ih4nr4gp6w 20 днів тому

    He could be a good 007🤷

  • @CappyLarou
    @CappyLarou 20 днів тому

    Yes that edition of Texas chainsaw massacre is absolute crap, mostly cuz of Chipmunk face Renee zellweger, but Matthew McConaughey is a fucking brilliant thing and you need to watch that movie just for him alone

  • @danielstewart8339
    @danielstewart8339 20 днів тому

    Gotta disagree with the whole premise. Always been a diverse actor taking different roles; your gloss over your own timeline where you show he was taking roles like Frailty. Shoulda been “his doubters always been wrong” imo.

  • @rayhanlahdji
    @rayhanlahdji 18 днів тому

    His younger self looks like a Jake Paul

  • @Jealod24
    @Jealod24 18 днів тому

    Did you just shut on “A Time to Kill”?… um, that’s not a forgettable macho movie…

  • @reservoirdude92
    @reservoirdude92 20 днів тому

    If he gets into politics, he better choose his party wisely. If he goes right, Hollyweird will drop him again. If he goes left, his fanbase will diminish. In short, he should just stay out of it lol

  • @keithquirk9823
    @keithquirk9823 19 днів тому

    Nerdstalgic doesn’t do their research and this video proves it. I can’t stand listening to these while having to mentally fact check them like I’m watching a Fox News clip. Sorry but you’ve lost a viewer today

  • @tipsysmichigander6483
    @tipsysmichigander6483 20 днів тому

    Reign of Fire is a Sci-Fantasy Cult Classic.... IYKYK

  • @yourmomlovespenis
    @yourmomlovespenis 20 днів тому

    I love him and this is a great video buuuuuuuut (there's always a but) greenlights narrarated by him is awful. The voice over director and the staff in the booth put zero effort in and it shows.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 20 днів тому

    Great actor