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Matthew McConaughey Was Originally the Hero In ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation’!
Not only did Renée Zellweger get her start in Kim Henkel’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, but so did Matthew McConaughey.
While the duo originally looked back at the film with regret, even allegedly attempting to get it pulled from release, they’ve since come around. It’s this movie that helped them get their foot in the door, and it’s nice to see them both come around and embrace their part in horror history.
Bloody regular Mike M. sent us this fun 2011 interview with McConaughey from an appearance on George Stroumboulopolous Tonight where he discusses how he came to star in The Next Generation. It’s a wild story about his early acting days and how he initially was cast as a “Romeo” character that would appear at the beginning and end of the film, to save Zellweger’s Jenny. It wasn’t until he tried to get his friends to audition for the villainous Vilmer that he realized that he wanted the role. The rest is history. Here’s McConaughey in his own words…
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Julia Garner Joins Horror Movie ‘Weapons’ from the Director of ‘Barbarian’
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.