Matthew McConghey may have bee a star as a leadg man major-stud films like “A Time to Kill” and “The Weddg Planner,” but the last few years the laid-back Texan has revented and revived his reer wh a strg of sparklg performanc low-budget di: Richard Lklater’s “Bernie,” Steven Sorbergh’s “Magic Mike,” William Friedk’s “Killer Joe,” Jeff Nichols’ “Mud” and now Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has ma McConghey a strong favore to land a Bt Actor nomatn. The film featur McConghey as Ron Woodroof, a bigoted and homophobic electrician om Texas who ntracted HIV om dg e and beme an unlikely savr for the gay muny he disdaed when he began smugglg unapproved dgs om Mexi to help treat his own illns (and make some money to boot). The movie, one of the last to be released by Foc Featur unr the stewardship of the recently-oted Jam Scham, is sharp, energetic and rough around the edg, wh a skeletal McConghey – who lost almost 40 pounds to play Woodff – makg a thoroughly unlikable but somehow unrstandable anti-hero.
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MATTHEW MCCONGHEY TALKS 'MAGIC MIKE,' GAY FANS AND HOW HE'D REACT IF HIS KIDS CAME OUT
Although the article's tle ed the phrase "me out of the closet", which is monly ed to refer to dividuals cidg not to nceal the fact that they are gay and subsequently rmg their iends, fay, and potentially the public about their sexual preference, no such personal admissn was clud the text. Matthew McConghey's gay fans are no doubt lookg forward to "Magic Mike, " which will feature scen of the star strippg down to a thong alongsi fellow heartthrobs Channg Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello. But the 42-year-old hunk has always enjoyed a sizable gay fanbase, which he discs at length a new terview wh The Advote.
"It’s much appreciated, " he tells wrer Brandon Voss of the support om the gay muny. "You know, I have some good iends of my own who happen to be gay, and when to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anythg life-affirmative.
I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered whout opprsg anyone who’s different. "I've had some great nversatns wh a lot of gay people about beg gay, when they knew, how they me out, and how they ’s all very tertg to me on a human level, bee we’re all this together. "McConghey, who has been the subject of a number of mors about his own sexualy, also rells a time when a gay iend ma a pass at him llege.