Horror is so hot right now that even Matthew McConaughey is finally embracing it.
Matthew McConaughey has an interesting history with the horror genre, getting his start as a wacky member of Leatherface’s family in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, an oddball sequel he and co-star Renée Zellweger famously distanced themselves from. It was McConaughey’s fourth film at the time, and it’s surely not the one he’s most proud of.
But it seems McConaughey *is* a horror fan, as he showed off last night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” It was never actually addressed by Kimmel, but McConaughey was wearing a massive, bejeweled Jason Voorhees necklace during the interview, suggesting that while he may not be a big fan of Leatherface, he’s damn sure a fan of Jason and the Friday the 13th franchise!
Look, we already knew McConaughey was one cool motherfucker, but there’s “cool” and then there’s “casually wearing a bejeweled Jason Voorhees necklace in front of millions of people” cool. This is a whole new level of cool even for McConaughey, and right about now we can’t help but picture him as an older, more grizzled Tommy Jarvis in the next Friday movie.
Hey, ya never know!