Matthew McConaughey Offered Lead Role in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar
Fri, March 29, 2013 
We have nothing on Interstellar to go by. It's set in space and involves worm-holes and time travel. That's it. Given the shall-we-say "coldness" Christopher Nolan's style is labeled (An odd assertion in the wake of the closing ten minutes to The Dark Knight Rises) and its association to legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, we're assuming this will have undertones of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
These assumptions extend to casting. We fans are playing with the notion Nolan will reunite with his thespian alum. There's a history to that but he's been known to throw casting curveballs. Hugh Jackman in The Prestige, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception; this isn't unprecedented for the British helmer.
Well, he's in the mood to surprise us once again. The Dark Knight Trilogy director has reportedly offered the lead role of his space-exploration project to none other than Matthew McConaughey. Being a Nolan project, the fact we even have a name to his character is a coupe; Cooper.
The Texas-born actor is only now turning his career around thanks to Killer Joe, Magic Mike, The Paperboy and in the upcoming The Wolf of Wall Street and Dallas Buyers Club. The deal is far from closed but McConaughey is nuts to throw away such an opportunity.
Reader Comments (1)
I think The Lincoln Lawyer was actually the start of his "comeback". You're still right either way though, this is a great opporunity for him.
I still think Rises was a huge turd that didn't have enough Batman to be a Batman movie, but that's besides the point. I think Nolan might be able to actually win me back over with this one.