The glory and cost of "Dallas Buyers Club"
Texas cowboy Ron Woodruff was diagnosed with AIDS in 1985. The doctor said he would not live long because his body was too weak to allow him to participate in the fight against AIDS at the time. AZT's drug treatment trial. At that time, other anti-AIDS drugs were not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, so Ron seemed to be the only one waiting to die. But Ron took a unique approach. He smuggled a lot of drugs from Mexico, Denmark and Japan. Not only did he save himself, he also set up the Dallas Buyers Club to sell drugs to club members who are AIDS patients.
"Dallas Buyers Club" is based on Ron Woodruff’s true story. Although the script was completed more than 20 years ago, it is like Ron’s AIDS and his peers excluded. No one wants to do this. Paying for this work, it has been rejected 137 times! A week before the filming started, the director said to McConaughey: "We don’t have enough money."
Although the script of "Dallas Buyers Club" is not being seen, McConaughey is not the only actor interested in playing Ron. . Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling both favor this role. In the end, Ron's family helped McConaughey win. They think McConaughey from Texas is quite consistent with Ron's temperament.
Ron was afflicted with illness and pain, and McConaughey didn't suffer less in order to play Ron. He carried out a frenzied weight loss, eating only one meal a day and consuming less than 100 calories. "I am hungry every day. My body is like a chick waiting to be fed. I howl with my mouth open every day: Feed me, feed me." In order to resist the temptation of food, he basically did not go out or participate in any activities. . The result of the weight loss is Ron in "Dallas Buyers Club"-even McConaughey's brain fan may not be able to recognize it as McConaughey. McConaughey, who has been so thin that he is out of shape, and the one who has been rated as "the sexiest body, prodigal, and slightly evil temperament" by People magazine, are simply different. The former is more like the possession of Christian Bale in The Machinist.
Although Oscar has a precedent for "sacrifice faction", people who just want to lose weight only want to be the emperor at Oscar as a dream. In Leonardo’s Oscar-nominated Best Actor movie "The Wolf of Wall Street", McConaughey, who appeared in a guest appearance, happened to act as the life mentor who made Leonardo follow suit. "Wan Nian frowning acting" is different, McConaughey's performance can be described as light. In "Dallas Buyers Club", McConaughey's performance is even more light and clean, without exaggeration, without dazzling skills, and powerful. No wonder someone praised him as an "acting monster!
With "Dallas Buyers Club", McConaughey won the award. The Oscar, the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the critics’ choice of the best actor in the movie award... all He was taken down by him. Some media commented: "McConnor is no longer dragged down by beauty, and the old vase man will eventually win the actor. "Many media do not hesitate to portray him as a typical Diaosi counterattack, and talk about how he turned from a Hollywood male vase to an Oscar actor. McConaughey’s appearance really deserves the title of a vase, with wheat-colored skin. , Deep eyes, sexy chin and attractive smile made him top the school when he was in high school. In Hollywood, the most used prefixes on him are: Hollywood’s most famous male vase, female star conqueror, Texas god of love. But despite having a natural good skin, McConaughey has never been a beautiful display.
From the misunderstood "male vase" to "Mai Heal"
McConaughey entered the industry in 1991. After only two years of running the game, he got on the ride of director Richard Linklater and starred in "Young and Frozen". Richard Linklater is a well-known literary film director in the American film industry. His representative works "Love Before Dawn", "Love at Sunset" and "Love Before Midnight" have influenced countless literary youths. After the release of "Young and Frolic" full of restless hormones, critics couldn't help but like it, and McConaughey also embarked on the film road with a high starting point. But in the next two years, McConaughey's only performance that can be remembered was the bloodthirsty killer in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4".
In 1996, McConaughey ushered in an opportunity. In the western mystery film "Small Town" and the political thriller "Killing Hour", people realized that he was not an actor without acting skills. With his excellent performance in "Killing Hour," he won the MTV Movie Awards for the Most Breakthrough Performance Award and the Chicago Film Critics Association's most promising actor nomination.
When Leonardo was standing on James Cameron's "Titanic", McConaughey boarded Steven Spielberg's historic ship "The Brave is Fearless." This is the second time that McConaughey has played the role of a lawyer. With his curly hair and round glasses, McConaughey is like a man walking out of a pile of old papers, unlike the handsome lawyer in "Killing Hour." "The Brave" and "Titanic" both captured the hearts of the Oscar judges, but McConaughey got the sense of accomplishment of an actor, while Leonardo collected the screams of women from all over the world. Interestingly, McConaughey also auditioned for the "Titanic" crew, but he failed.
Although he didn't have any luck in "Titanic", McConaughey's luck in the following years was not bad. Whether it’s the sci-fi film "Cross-Time Contact" starring Judy Foster, the comedy "Ed’s Private Channel" with good friend Woody Harrison ("True Detective" is also starring them) or war The film "U-571" has a good reputation. He was also praised by the media as the young Paul Newman. As the Oscar actor, Newman has been nominated for Oscar ten times. Can be compared with Newman, it can be seen that McConaughey already had the potential of Oscar to become the emperor.
However, since he guest-starred himself in the hit "Sex and the City" that year, some chick movies have come here. To make matters worse, the two chick movies he starred in, "Marriage Expert" and "Ten Day Dating Handbook," were all big hits at the box office. In the same period, his serious movie "Thirteen Crossings of Destiny" with brilliant performances was a big hit. Few people care. If the expensive popcorn blockbuster "Sahara" can be as popular as "Indiana Jones", perhaps McConaughey will get rid of the hat of the chicken movie man vase. It's a pity that this movie, which invested hundreds of millions of dollars, only recovered half of the investment in the end. The "Los Angeles Times" also wrote an article specifically to interpret how Hollywood's big investments were made by analyzing "Sahara".
McConaughey’s acting career has also been lost in "Sahara". In addition to a decent film in "There is a successor", he is about to run for four shots. He is also trapped in "Lai Family Five" and "Golden Enemy". ", "The ghost of ex-girlfriends" these chick movies. People gradually forgot that he was a good actor, and regarded him as the favorite male vase of the little chicken movie. Fortunately, these little chicken movies have been criticized constantly. Coupled with the bitterness of the movie fans: "McConnor is very suitable for playing a playboy, but isn't it boring to play a type of role? How can I make progress when I take such bad movies?" McConaughey finally decided to wave with the little chicken movie. Say goodbye. "I'm tired of my position as a'sexy niche' or a'romantic comedy dedicated actor'. I am eager to change my image completely."
For two full years, he disappeared. In 2011, McConaughey appeared after his comeback. Lincoln Lawyer. Acting as a lawyer always seems to bring good luck to McConaughey. The Times said: "After years of doing nothing in the romantic comedy world, McConaughey finally found his salvation." Since then, he is even more so. Out of control for the "marginal figure" endorsement: in "Magic Mike", he is a stripper, in "Bernie", he is the yin and yang district attorney, in "Killer Joe", he is a sick killer, In "Newsboy", he is a gay reporter, in "Sludge", he is a wanted murderer, and in "Dallas Buyers Club", he is a self-help AIDS patient. The American media referred to McConaughey as "mcconaissance", which is a nickname that combines "McConaughey" and "Renaissance". I think there is no other name that can better express McConaughey's acting career than "Mak Rehabilitation"!
Article \Fang Luoluo Article published in "Hainan Daily"
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