Matthew McConaughey was bundle of nerves after returning to movie set after 6 years
Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey admitted to being nervous on the first day shooting on 'The Rivals of Amziah King'
- LOS ANGELES — Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey, who is known for
'Interstellar', admitted to being nervous on the first day shooting on 'The
Rivals of Amziah King'.
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- The actor, with his right eye swollen from a bee sting,
walked onto the set, raised his hand and asked, “Is anybody else nervous except
for me?”, reports 'Variety'.
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- The cast and crew let out a collective laugh. “Alright,
alright, alright, I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t the only one”, the actor
said, sounding like a mixture of a preacher and a surfer with his signature
drawl.
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- As per 'Variety', but the actor wasn’t joking. He admits
he felt creaky returning to the screen after a six-year hiatus, during which he
wrote a memoir, 'Greenlights', recorded a few voice roles in films like 'Sing
2', spent time with his family and kept a lower profile.
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- “I needed to write my own story, direct my own story on
the page”, Matthew said of his time away from being in front of the camera.
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- But when he came across Andrew Patterson’s script, which
focused on the charismatic owner of a honey operation in Oklahoma and his
relationship with his foster child, he was drawn to its originality and strong
sense of place. The part fit like a worn-in pair of jeans. “It’s not where I
grew up, but I know of these kind of people and these places and these kind of
characters that live in the middle of the country”, the actor shared. “This
group of people in southeast Oklahoma where the film takes place know the
Constitution, they know the rules they are living by, and they’re not looking
for or getting approval from the rest of the world. I understand them".
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- Patterson had labored on the project for years, enlarging
it at one point into a seven episode mini-series, before shrinking it back down
again. He always felt that McConaughey possessed the free-wheeling charm that
he needed for Amziah, who has a roving band of bee-keepers and musicians who
follow him like a caravan of apostles.
