LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 — Matthew McConaughey’s transformation from rom-com heart-throb to serious Oscar-winning actor for Dallas Buyers Club was so remarkable it earned its own neologism. Could another “McConaissance” be on the cards, as the category-defying A-lister mulls a run for governor of...
LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 — Matthew McConaughey’s transformation from rom-com heart-throb to serious Oscar-winning actor forCould another “McConaissance” be on the cards, as the category-defying A-lister mulls a run for governor of his home state of Texas, potentially as a third-party candidate next year?
At the peak of his fame, the actor ditched Los Angeles for an ecstasy-fuelled hike through the Amazon, and at other times would ask film directors to fly out and meet him at provincial airports as he spontaneously criss-crossed the United States in an RV.star told his agent to turn down future rom-coms, no matter how lucrative the offers, as he pursued grittier, more challenging fare. “I became a father. My life takes on sincere and deep meaning right then.
But McConaughey, hailing from a small town in deep Texas and raised in a religious family, does not seem any more enamoured with the Democrats than Republicans such as Abbott. The book also reveals darker moments, including how at 18 he was sexually abused by a man “while knocked unconscious in the back of a van.”
“Maybe if I’d have been younger, and I’d been like ‘Is that an okay reality? Is that kind of how the world is supposed to work sometimes?’”“But I haven’t been victimised from it, and I think part of the reason is it was very clear — that was wrong, that was an aberration.‘Another chapter’ “It’s something I’m giving great consideration... there’s some wonderful sacrifices for the awesome position.”
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