Given the result from Sunday nights Oscars, I think it’s apt that we celebrate Matthew McConaughey beating out Leo, by highlighting a scene from The Wolf of Wall Street where the 1st time winner and 5 time nominee go face to face. The now famous ‘humming scene’ involves an imperious McConaughey playing Leo’s boss, as the rookie broker portrayed by Leo is on the receiving end of a few questionable life lessons. McConaughey’s character left such a mark on the movie that fans of the film were begging the question as to why his cameo was so brief. Of course the abrupt nature of McConaughey’s appearance is down to the book, but still it’s a testament to his performance that such questions were asked.
While a brave few may argue that McConaughey always possessed the skills to propel him to Academy Award success, he didn’t exactly do himself any favours by sharing those skills exclusively with dull, safe, romantic comedies for the best part of ten years. Finding himself somewhat reformed by recent performances in films such as Mud, The Lincoln Lawyer and Killer Joe, there appears to be no stopping the charismatic Texan. With critics running out of superlatives to describe his current TV venture, True Detective, and having been cast at the helm of the next, sure to be, Christopher Nolan blockbuster, Interstellar, 2014 could well be the year of McConaughey.
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