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Matthew McConaughey on Returning to Acting After a Six-Year Hiatus With ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ and Why His Season of ‘True Detective’ Is the Best
Matthew McConaughey talks about returning to acting with the drama 'The Rivals of Amziah King' and shares his take on 'True Detective: Night Country.'
On the first day shooting “The Rivals of Amziah King,” Matthew McConaughey, his right eye swollen from a bee sting, walked onto the set, raised his hand and asked, “Is anybody else nervous except for me?” 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. After teasing the mystery of the Yellow King, it’s continued for three more, intermittently successful seasons, the most of recent of which, “True Detective: North Country,” aired in 2024 and starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.
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