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

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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[@scientia.veritas]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@Ryan07_20]

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

[@epochsgaming]

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

[@kamsismith]

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

[@trinaq]

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

[@kamsismith]

@@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]

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

[@Locadel2003]

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

[@kamsismith]

@@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.

[@benwakeling8763]

Glossing over 'A Time to Kill' is absolutely criminal

[@VincentVonDudler]

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]

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]

@@borkabrak Wood Harrenstein did great

[@Andrew-po8nt]

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]

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.

[@Locadel2003]

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]

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

[@irem8126]

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]

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]

Exactly

[@LucyLioness100]

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

[@trinaq]

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]

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]

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.

[@Nina-jf7xl]

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. :(

[@jonm.1030]

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

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

🍌🍌🍌🍌

[@roelvinckens5553]

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

[@travis7211]

They're close friends in real life

[@LucyLioness100]

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

[@VincentVonDudler]

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

[@LucyLioness100]

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]

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.

[@roguesample]

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

[@poindextertunes]

thats not acting 😂

[@OmnipotentSpud]

True detective did it. Moving on.

[@NicoleHeaston]

I love Frailty!

[@RealCarlosPerez]

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

[@LucyLioness100]

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

[@poonking3628]

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

[@Andrew-po8nt]

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

[@gaivstoflake8861]

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

[@josephkitchens1644]

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

[@Deathstroke4200]

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

[@zeitgeistx5239]

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

[@kris242]

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.

[@benilinshingoseth2086]

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 !

[@k31than]

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.😅

[@redeclipseprojects9746]

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

[@nickgoodwin8715]

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

[@MiguelNdiweni]

Matt McConaughey is one of the Best actors of all time

[@wardbjerregaard5155]

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

[@muhammadshahzarkhalique7848]

They made a video on my fav actor

[@Andrew-po8nt]

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.

[@hellogoodbyeandallinbetween]

I loved his voice acting in Kubo

[@Martin-wy2on]

Mud is one of my favorite McConaughey films.

[@jamesrichards2980]

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)

[@MatthewJBD]

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

[@MatthewJBD]

The Gentlemen is one of my favourite

[@TachibanaKyosuke]

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

[@aksharaghav9657]

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.

[@ftuT]

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.

[@Mimsie]

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

[@Jonathan-ih7qp]

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

[@lieutenantshibby]

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

[@davidsubotin7122]

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

[@poindextertunes]

Dude is legit the same character in every movie

[@ravigupta1813]

I just started true detective

[@rectalespionagesailboat4819]

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.

[@ericmoney2769]

He also teaches at UT sometimes

[@MikefromQueens]

A time to kill was amazing

[@FulcisAugen]

Matthew was in TCM 4, not 3.

[@ajithvkashyap9130]

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

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Fair

[@osmanyousif7849]

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.

[@SagarSudhirGanu]

He should have done more films like Reign of Fire.

[@SG-dg6oi]

never saw dazed and confused

[@Ryan07_20]

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

[@Mykasan]

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

[@RaphaelRemington6969]

I’ve always wanted to see that

[@GaryKetchum808]

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

[@zonadedescanso4342]

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.

[@julianuceda1331]

"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

[@sxeptomaniac]

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.

[@joshfactor1]

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

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Great actor

[@itsoktonotbeokay]

This man is a national treasure

[@aksharaghav9657]

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

[@brandonmurphy301]

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

[@Hotsaucedeluxe]

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

[@kompellasrivatsa2282]

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

[@squelish]

The Black Tower movie.... WOOF!

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

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

[@AmTrFilms]

Fools gold was more of an adventure than romantic comedu

[@Impostorzim]

You realize youve gotten old when Interstellar is a classic

[@RawbeardX]

yeah, but what about Sahara?

[@CappyLarou]

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

[@user-ih4nr4gp6w]

He could be a good 007🤷

[@rayhanlahdji]

His younger self looks like a Jake Paul

[@danielstewart8339]

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.

[@Jealod24]

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

[@keithquirk9823]

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

[@reservoirdude92]

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

[@tipsysmichigander6483]

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

[@yourmomlovespenis]

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]

Great actor