“Boom!” Matthew McConaughey on cars, cowboy hats and Magic Mike mementos plus new movie The Lost Bus

***Contains Strong Language***
Matthew McConaughey joins BBC Radio 1’s film critic Ali Plumb to talk about his new movie, The Lost Bus, and look back at his extraordinary career. He looks back at his debut in Dazed and Confused, how he landed a role in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, and how he found his character in The Wolf Of Wall Street. Plus, he reveals how he ended up in Deadpool & Wolverine, and if he has a portrait of him with a python in his house from Magic Mike, along with so much more.

00:00 Intro and pronouncing his name
01:28 How Matthew’s mum and son appeared in The Lost Bus
05:11 Matthew’s love of driving and acting in vehicles
07:35 Working with iconic directors like Scorsese and Spielberg
09:47 Iconic scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street and Interstellar
10:32 Magic Mike and that painting of Matthew with a python
11:43 The origin of "Alright, alright, alright!"
12:42 Mud, Matthew’s favourite performance
13:34 His love of Hell Or High Water
14:40 Most watched movies from Boogie Nights to Raising Arizona
16:22 How Matthew got the role in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
17:00 Preparing vs improvising from A Time To Kill to The Wolf Of Wall Street
21:00 Cracking up with Woody Harrelson in EDtv
22:53 How Killer Joe helped restart Matthew’s career
24:32 Playing a Samurai Beetle in Kubo And The Two Strings
25:58 Mementos Matthew took home and his best character names
26:58 Playing Cowboy Deadpool in Deadpool & Wolverine
28:18 Matthew’s favourite fan interactions

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