In recent years Matthew McConaughey He fulfilled primarily in voice roles, dubbing, among others, Buster Moon in both parts of the fairy tale “Sing” or Elvis Presley in the animated series “Agent Elvis”. We could also hear the actor in a valued hit last year – “Deadpool & Wolverine” – in which he gave the cowboy edition of the red anti -hero.
The star, however, did not decide on larger, acting projects; His time passed mainly on family activities and writing a book with memories. The biography of McConaughey, entitled “Green Lights”, was published in 2022 and quickly became the best -selling “New York Times” and the book of the year according to “Guardian”. Searching old diaries, discovering memories, poems and saved prayers again helped him understand himself better. As he thinks, it also affected the improvement of his acting game:
“It forced me to be honest, realizing who I really am. (…) It helped to build even greater trust” – he noted in an interview for “Variety”.
Despite the successes in the new field, the actor known for such works as “Interstellar” or “Welcome to the Club” missed the new challenges and performances in front of the camera.
“Does anyone else get nervous but me?” He asked after appearing on the first day of the pictures for the movie “The Rivals of Amziah King”. By accident, he made him sting a little earlier by a bee, and his swollen eye caused a salvo of relaxing laughter. Production attracted it with an original story and a strong rooting at the place of action, which was Oklahoma:
“This is not the place where I grew up, but I know this type of people, these areas. (…) Residents of the south-eastern Oklahoma, where the film takes place, know the constitution, know the rules, live according to them and does not look or receive approval from the rest of the world. I understand them.”
McConaughey admitted that working on the movie “The Rivals of Amziah King” also helped him fall in love with his profession again.
“I remembered a few things. First of all, how much I like to perform. Secondly, I remembered, hey, McConaughey, you are really good at it. And thirdly, I remembered that acting is a vacation for me, and through vacation I understand that when I perform, I focus only on this. (…) I do not deal with anything else. I am fully concentrated on finding the truth about my character.”
The “The Rivals of Amziah King” project is described as a criminal thriller with a rural Oklahoma in the background.
In the title role of King Amziah we will see Matthew McConaughey, but this is not the only star that was in the cast. The film also appears Kurt Russell (“Once in Hollywood”), Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”), Owen Teague (“Kingdom of the Planet of the Monkey”), Scott Shepherd (“Bridge of Spies”), Rob Morgan (“Mudbound”), Tony Revolori (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) and Horowitz) (“To the last bone”).
He is responsible for directing and the script Andrew Patterson and This will be the second work in his artistic achievements. The first production of the creator, “The Vast of Night”, which is a mix of sci-fi and thriller, debuted at the Slamdance festival in 2019. She received the audience award there for the best film.
The solemn premiere of “The Rivals of Amziah King” will take place on March 10 during South by Southwest Film & TV Festival.
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