Matthew McConaughey wants to do a superhero movie but, the Academy Award winning actor reveals it’s more than just a paycheck.
According to reports, Matthew McConaughey is interested in a role in either a Marvel or DC Comics movie. McConaughey revealed in an that Hollywood has changed. Nowadays, there are only two types of movies. Big budget thrillers like ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and then there are low budget dramas such as ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. Meanwhile, mid-budget films are non-existent.
Why doesn’t Hollywood make these kinds of movies anymore?
Lets go through it. You have the huge tentpole action: Marvel, DC Comics, “Avengers,” “Iron Man,” etc. After that, what do you got? At the bottom of that, you’ve got a “Dallas Buyers Club,” where you don’t even have $5 million to do it. You’ve got to do it in 27 days. The films I’ve been making are mid-budget or low-budget dramas. There are no superheroes. There are no franchises. Those were early to get made in the late ’80s, early ’90s. Robert Zemeckis and I met a few months ago, and he was like, “You could never make ‘Contact’ again today, because no studio will budget it.”
Which begs the question. Will we ever see Matthew McConaughey in a superhero movie? The answer is maybe.
Would you ever consider being in a superhero movie?
I’ve read some Marvel and DC scripts and I’ve talked about working with them on some scripts, none of which I’ll share with with you what they are — or were. Yeah, I’ve circled some of those. Nothing has been right for me yet. But I’m sure open to it.
Matthew McConaughey also points out why he has been so hesitant about packing up his bags and jumping on the Superhero train.
What would convince you?
It’s very simple for me. I look at the script. Is the opportunity exciting? Is the money that comes with it exciting? Sure. Is it the possibility of going, “Hey you can get on a train and it can be a franchise and you could do 3, 4, 5, and have a great time as some kind of superhero or anti-hero.” But I would also look at something like that and say, “Hey, in success that means you are on the train for a while.” Contractually, you’re going to return to the character over and over. It’s something I asked myself is it something I’d want to return to. Would I be excited to go back and put the shoes on the character again? Going and doing the press tour with that group of people again? I always ask myself those questions again. It starts with the story and character.
There are very few actors like Matthew McConaughey. The ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ star takes his acting extremely seriously and considers many things outside of landing another paycheck. That maybe the reason why TV shows and movies such as ‘True Detective’ and ‘Interstellar’ garner such a following, because McConaughey is dedicated and interested in producing entertaining projects.
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