Christopher Nolan Didn’t Want Matthew McConaughey to do True Detective

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In what’s becoming something of a weird theme, it appears that most everyone agrees that we’re in a golden age of television except for those involved in film. Maybe it has something to do with not really paying attention to the current state of television, or just falling back on old attitudes. This first became apparent when Colin Farrell stated in an interview a few months back that he was worried about returning to TV.

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And now similar sentiments have been echoed by Christopher Nolan, director of Interstellar. Cinema Blend is reporting that while giving a talk at the Tribeca Film Festival — as Cary Fukunaga did — Nolan talked about working with Matthew McConaughey.

When Nolan heard that Matthew McConaughey would be working in television, he was a little concerned:

"“I went to see him while he was shooting True Detective, I was a bit concerned he was going to do a TV show now, what is that going to be?”"

This attitude that television is a lower art-form than film feels especially archaic now. There are just so many great shows on, True Detective included, that show that television is positively blooming. Some would argue that television is taking more risks that major Hollywood studios are willing to take.

Hopefully Nolan has since changed his views on television, but TV was still good before True Detective aired and he made Interstellar. Major actors have been gravitating toward TV, and it’s creating something of a power-shift. Obviously it was the right choice for Matthew McConaughey to do True Detective, and helped re-launch his career.

We’d argue, and perhaps many others would as well, that TV is greater than it ever has been before.

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