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The Oscar-winning Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has featured in several blockbusters and critically acclaimed movies. One of the most iconic characters of his career includes the role of the homicide detective, Rust Cohle, from HBO’s anthology seriesTrue Detective. He was reportedly the first actor to be cast in the show and was later joined by Woody Harrelson, who portrayed Cohle’s partner, Detective Marty Hart.
The series follows two detectives as they revisit one of their earlier investigations while dealing with their personal issues as well. Being an anthology, every season of the show focused on new characters and introduced a new cast. While it was one of the reasons theInterstellarstar accepted the offer, he later shared that he missed playing Detective Rust Cohle.
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Matthew McConaughey Misses Detective Rust Cohle
Apart from his incredible work on the silver screen,Matthew McConaugheyhas also given critically acclaimed performances in Television, including in HBO’s anthology seriesTrue Detective.The actor has shared that he believed that show was“hard to screw up”and accepted the offer just after reading the first two episodes of the series.
While he was confident that the show would do wonders, there was another reason to accept the offer.“That was always how I saw it. One season, eight episodes, a finite beginning, middle, and end, goodbye, look forward to watching it,”he shared.
The Gentlemanstar stated that if he had been required to return in a second or third season, he wouldn’t have said yes toTrue Detective.However, once the 8-episode series was over and he was done playing Rust Cohle, the actor shared that he missed him.
He shared that he missed watchingTrue Detectiveon Sunday nights.“I was a happy man when we made that for six months. because I was on my own island,”he shared during an interview and even talked about the possibility of returning to the TV series.
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Matthew McConaughey Wishes to Return to True Detective
Created by Nic Pizzolatto,True Detectiveis an anthology series and has featured multiple actors, including Matthew McConaughey, Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, and many others throughout its four seasons. McConaughey claimed that he accepted the offer only because it was an anthology series and would not require him to come back in future seasons.
However. the actor has since changed his mind and wishes to return to the anthology crime drama. During his appearance onThe Rich Eisner Show, the 53-year-old Oscar winner shared that he has talked to the show’s creator, Nic Pizzolatto, about it and would love to return to the show under the“right context.”
True Detectiveis streaming on Max.
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Source:The Rich Eisner Show
Laxmi Rajput
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Laxmi Rajput is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, with over 3,300 articles published covering film, TV, and pop culture. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and over three years of experience in content writing, she pivoted to entertainment journalism because let’s be honest, superheroes, sitcoms, and Netflix binges are way more fun. Laxmi frequently covers Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and popular TV shows, offering both fan-first enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis. Her work often dives into Marvel theories, revisits the genius of The Big Bang Theory, or unpacks the Netflix phenomenon of Stranger Things.
