Matthew McConaughey returns to the cinema, 6 years after his last role

“I need to write my own story,” says Texan actor who will soon be playing the Rivals of Amziah King, Andrew Patterson’s second film.

The last time we saw Matthew McConaughey in a first role, it was as a baron of British drugs in The Gentlemen by Guy Ritchie. Since then, the actor has only made a few short appearances in the cinema, lending his voice to All on stage 2 and interprets the Deadpool Cowboy In the third film in the franchise. During these six years, he published his memoirs under the title of Greenlights And especially took advantage of his family.

This is what he entrusts in a signed portrait Variety :: “I needed to write my own story, to stage it on paper”he said before adding:

“This work allowed me to clarify things that I have been thinking for 35 years. It gave me even more confidence in myself, because I may have less things to hide on myself. I shared it. It therefore allowed me to be more honest as an actor. ”

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For his return to the big screen, this is the script for the next film ofAndrew Patterson About an owner of a honey farm in Oklahoma, who caught his attention. The Rivals of Amziah King also focuses on the relationship of this marginal man with his adoptive daughter Kateri, embodied by the novice actress Angelina Lookingglass.

Matthew McConaughey Explain to Variety what he liked in this proposal:

“This is not where I grew up, but I know these places and these kinds of characters who live in the middle of the country. This group of people in the southeast of Oklahoma, where the film takes place, knows the constitution and these rules which they respect, but do not seek or obtain the approval of the rest of the world. I understand them ”.

Andrew Pattersonwho has lived in this Oklahoma state, has been working on this film for years. The filmmaker had even thought of expanding the project into a mini-series of 7 episodes, before returning to his original idea. For his second feature film, he also surrounds himself with Kurt Russell (The Thing),, Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) and therefore of the star of Wolf of Wall Street And Interstellar. The Texan actor affirms that this new role made him rediscover his love for the profession, despite a small apprehension after these six years of absence:

“I remembered two things. First, how really I like to play. Second, that hey, McConaughey, you are damn gifted for that. I also remembered that playing is like a vacation for me (…) I don’t do several things at a time, I don’t compartmentalize, I am entirely focused on the search for the truth of my character. ”

The Rivals of Amziah King Will be presented for the first time at the SXSW festival on March 10. No French release date has yet been announced.

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