Matthew McConaughey reveals what stopped him getting position in billion greenback film

Matthew McConaughey is among the best-known actors in Hollywood, but when the 55-year-old has any regrets, it could be lacking out on a starring position in one of many greatest roles in movie historical past.

The Texan missed out on an enormous alternative early in his profession however did not let it have an effect on him an excessive amount of, as he went on to star in movies resembling How To Lose A Man In 10 Days and Dallas Consumers Membership, for which he received an Oscar in 2014.

McConaughey, whose return to performing was confirmed earlier this 12 months, has mentioned that showing in Interstellar modified his life, however there is no doubt that touchdown a starring position as Jack in Titanic actually would have modified his life from a monetary perspective – given it is among the highest-grossing motion pictures of all time.

The 1997 basic movie would go on to star Leonardo DiCaprio, who had earned his breakthrough position in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet the 12 months prior, and it is troublesome to think about anybody else alongside Kate Winslet as Jack.

Nevertheless, it may have very simply been the charming McConaughey, and he appeared fairly assured that he was going to land the position.

“I went and browse with Kate Winslet, and it was not one of many auditions—they filmed it so it was like on-screen check time,” he instructed Rob Lowe on his podcast Literally! with Rob Lowe in 2021. “After we left, you realize, it was a kind of ones the place they, like, adopted me, and after we received outdoors, they had been like, ‘That went nice.’ I imply, form of, like, hugs.”

Sadly, very similar to a pupil who thinks they’ve aced the examination, the choice did not lie with McConaughey however with the administrators, and there was one factor that seemingly put them off.

In Jon Landau’s upcoming posthumous memoir The Larger Image, the producer claims that McConaughey was a front-runner for the position and even did a chemistry learn with Kate Winslet, who ‘was taken with Matthew, his presence and attraction’.

“Matthew did the scene with the drawl,” Jon recalled, which left director James Cameron asking him to do it once more with out his Texas accent, saying, “That is nice. Now let’s attempt it a special method.”

However in response to Landau, the longer term Oscar winner wasn’t involved in swapping out his twang, politely telling the director, thanks, however no. There isn’t any doubt that Jack, having a Texas twang, would have made issues loads completely different within the film.

Landau added: “Let’s simply say, that was it for McConaughey.”

It hasn’t all been doom and gloom for McConaughey in his illustrious profession, nevertheless, as he is additionally managed to actually discover a brother within the type of shut pal Woody Harrelson.