Matthew McConaughey

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q188955: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994); A Time to Kill (1996); Amistad (1997); Contact (1997); Sahara (2005); Failure to Launch (2006); The Lincoln Lawyer (2011); The Paperboy (2012); Dallas Buyers Club (2013); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Interstellar (2014); The Beach Bum (2019); Ed TV; Ghosts of Girlfriends Past; The Brigands of Rattlecreek.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

A Few Good Men (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Time to Kill (1996), which they acted in: A Few Good Men ⇒ A Time to Kill (the host's read). A Time to Kill blends every earlier trope: country lawyer, big-shot prosecutor, cranky judge.
    “puts them in a blender and it gives you every single thing”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:28:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Boiler Room (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story.
    “Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line

  1. unmapped (painting reference) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Francis Bacon ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Bacchanal tableaux reference the Last Supper and Francis Bacon.
    “Sometimes it's the last supper. Sometimes it's Francis Bacon and like the disgusting nature of the human soul.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Paradise Lost (Milton): 1 line

  1. theme (literary echo) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Paradise Lost (Milton) ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Belfort descending into hell as the lights change reads as Paradise Lost.
    “Yeah, that's the Paradise Lost, you know, yeah.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Steven Spielberg: 1 line

  1. unmapped (development history) · through Interstellar (2014), which they acted in: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Interstellar (the host's read). Interstellar was developed by Spielberg and Jonathan Nolan and is closer to Spielberg in its first script.
    “Jonathan Nolan's script for Interstellar is interesting, but it's more Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:00:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

One Battle After Another (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence / humor) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read). Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA.
    “Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (20) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career arc): John Travolta → Matthew McConaughey. Travolta was never in the wilderness; he was like pre-McConaissance McConaughey, a bankable rom-com star not respected.
    “I think it is closer to pre-ma connaissance, Matthew McConaughey.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:26:52 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Paul Bettany → Matthew McConaughey. Russillo says Margin Call has no off-the-bench cameo like McConaughey in Wolf, so Bettany gets Best That Guy.
    “not that one person who comes in for like, like McConaughey in Wolf of Wall Street.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:18 · Ryen Russillo (0.75 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (same casting problem): Vince Vaughn → Matthew McConaughey. Amistad tried to make McConaughey a movie star just as Lost World tried with Vaughn, and no one knew how to use either.
    “Almostad kind of tries to do the same thing with McConaughey.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:40:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (cast): Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation → Matthew McConaughey. The 1995 sequel starred Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey; Kim Henkel, who wrote the original, wrote it.
    “Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the next generation with Renee Zalweger and Matthew McConaughey.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:23:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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