# Yikes! Matthew McConaughey on the Daily Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359 "2012-07-25T17:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359/21 "2012-07-26T15:05:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > He looked like he was on death’s door. Dennis Quaid was similarly shocking on talk shows when he lost a lot of weight (and he wasn’t fat before losing it) to play the tubercular Doc Holliday in _Wyatt Earp_. > > I’m surprised that McConaughey, who’s never been known as one of Hollywood’s best talents or method actors, would be chosen for, or accept, a role that takes that kind of self sacrifice. He must be trying to get taken more seriously now that his shirtless pretty boy days are winding down. Well, look at the movies he’s been making lately- apart from\*\*\* Magic Mike\*\*\*, none of them look like mainstream crowd-pleasers. He’s DEFINITELY looking to branch out. At a certain point, he must have figured, “I have enough money to support my family comfortably. So, now I don’t have to take every big paycheck I’m offered. I can hold out for more interesting or challenging roles.” He MAY end up doing some great work, or he may end up like Tugg Speedman in _ **Tropic Thunder** _, vainly trying to get an Oscar by taking “serious” roles he’s utterly wrong for. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359/22 "2012-07-26T15:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] He MAY end up doing some great work, or he may end up like Tugg Speedman in _ **Tropic Thunder** _, vainly trying to get an Oscar by taking “serious” roles he’s utterly wrong for. [/QUOTE] Tuggernuts’s agent being, in fact, one of McC’s best roles to date. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359/23 "2012-07-26T16:45:00Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m someone who’s attracted to very thin guys. How you _not_ doin’? mmm ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359/24 "2012-07-26T16:48:16Z")
> [@FlyingDragonFan](#): > > I can understand dieting to lose weight, but how does a guy like Bale or 50 Cent go about losing the muscle? Muscle will go away pretty damn quickly if you stop eating and stop working out. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359/25 "2012-07-27T00:20:44Z")
McConaughey is getting a lot of positive buzz for [Killer Joe](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726669/combined) despite it being given the NC-17 death sentence. Looks interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-matthew-mcconaughey-on-the-daily-show/629359.md?page=1)