The Evolution of Matthew McConaughey
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Nearly two weeks after Donald Trumps inauguration, Matthew McConaughey says it is time to accept him as president. In an interview with ChannelFi (per Entertainment Weekly), the Oscar winner said that Hollywood [doesnt] have much of a choice when it comes to accepting Donald Trump as leader of the free world.
Hes our president, he said, before admitting to the concerns this administration poses. And its very dynamic and as divisive of an inauguration and time that weve ever had. At the same time, its time for us to embrace, shake hands with this fact, and be constructive with him over the next four years.
mcconaugheys comments follow two weeks of celebrities speaking out against Trump since the inauguration, including the several bold-faced names who joined the Womens March on Washington and its sister marches around the country on January 21. America Ferrera, for example, reminded the crowd of marchers in Washington, D.C., that they were gathered across the country and the world to say, Mr. Trump, we refuse.
Although many actors and artists are calling for resistance against Trump, his policies, and controversial executive orders, McConaughey is not alone in his stand for staying open-minded about the new administration.
Last month, Nicole Kidman told the BBC that the best way the American people can support their country is to support their president.
So I just say, hes now elected, and we as a country need to support whoever is the president because thats what the countrys based on, she said.
Kidman later corrected sources who referred to her remarks as an endorsement of Trump when she told Access Hollywood that she had been simply expressing her feelings about how a successful democracy works.
I was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution, and it was that simple, she said.
McConaughey strikes a similar tone with his words, calling for a constructive look at the actions of the 45th president.
So, even those who most strongly may disagree with his principles or things hes said and done which is another thing, well see what he does compared to what he had said no matter how much you even disagreed along the way, its time to think about how constructive can you be, he said. Because hes our president for the next four years. At least.
Full ScreenPhotos:Slideshow: See How Much Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Lawrence, And More Look Like The Real People They Played This YearAMERICAN HUSTLE: Christian Bale/Melvin WeinbergThough hes playing a character named Irving Rosenfeld, Bale met several times with Weinberg, the real-life inspiration for his character, before production began on American Hustle. The actor ultimately improvised lines based on what he learned from the convicted con artist.
Photo: Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jeremy Renner/Angelo ErrichettiRenner plays a lightly fictionalized version of Errichetti, whose name was changed to Carmine Polito. The real deal served as the mayor of Camden with a fantastic late-70s hairdo.
Photo: Left, from Bettmann/Corbis; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.AMERICAN HUSTLE: Bradley Cooper/Anthony AmorosoCooper was the one who decided that his character, renamed Richie DiMaso, should curl his hair every night, a flourish that lessens his resemblance to real-life F.B.I. agent Amoroso.
Photo: Left, from CSPAN; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jennifer Lawrence/Marie WeinbergLawrences character Rosalyn may beAmerican Hustles biggest departure from realitythe real Melvin Weinbergs wife was much closer to his age, and eventually committed suicide years after the events shown in the film.
Photo: Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS: Oscar Isaac/Dave Van RonkDave Van Ronk is only a loose inspiration for Oscar Isaac"s titular character, but comparing the cover of Inside Dave Van Ronk to the poster for Inside Llewyn Davis makes the connection obvious. It"s not the looks that matter so much as the spirit of a Greenwich Village folk singer who never makes it as big as Bob Dylan.Photo: Left, by Kai Shuman/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images; right, courtesy of CBS Films.PHILOMENA: Judi Dench/Philomena LeeThe real Philomenastill alive and still fierydoesn"t look much at all like Judi Dench, but that"s no problem; Dench is perfectly convincing as a deeply Catholic Irish woman on a search for her long-lost son.Photo: Left, by Jim Spellman/WireImage; right, by Alex Bailey/ 2013 The Weinstein Company.PHILOMENA: Steve Coogan/Martin SixsmithThough few American viewers of Philomena would recognize journalist Sixsmith, who wrote about Philomena Lees search for her son, Coogan nailed his posh-smart-guy look anyway.
Photo: Left, by John Phillips/UK Press/Getty Images; right, by Alex Bailey/ 2013 The Weinstein Company.PreviousNext
AMERICAN HUSTLE: Christian Bale/Melvin WeinbergThough hes playing a character named Irving Rosenfeld, Bale met several times with Weinberg, the real-life inspiration for his character, before production began on American Hustle. The actor ultimately improvised lines based on what he learned from the convicted con artist.
Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jeremy Renner/Angelo ErrichettiRenner plays a lightly fictionalized version of Errichetti, whose name was changed to Carmine Polito. The real deal served as the mayor of Camden with a fantastic late-70s hairdo.
Left, from Bettmann/Corbis; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
AMERICAN HUSTLE: Bradley Cooper/Anthony AmorosoCooper was the one who decided that his character, renamed Richie DiMaso, should curl his hair every night, a flourish that lessens his resemblance to real-life F.B.I. agent Amoroso.
Left, from CSPAN; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jennifer Lawrence/Marie WeinbergLawrences character Rosalyn may beAmerican Hustles biggest departure from realitythe real Melvin Weinbergs wife was much closer to his age, and eventually committed suicide years after the events shown in the film.
Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Leonardo DiCaprio/Jordan BelfortThe real Jordan Belfort puts in a cameo at the end of The Wolf of Wall Street, highlighting just how physically different he is from Leonardo DiCaprio (though the hair, we admit, is spot-on).
Left, by Dan Himbrechts/Neewspix/Rex; right, courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Tom Hanks/Captain PhillipsHanks grew a beard and took on a New England accent to play Phillips, the heroic captain of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama. The physical resemblance is strong, but its Hanks"s signature everyman quality that really holds the movie together.
Left, by Darren McCollester/Getty Images; right, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE: Chiwetel Ejiofor/Solomon NorthupThere are only drawings to suggest what Solomon Northup looked like, which means that Ejiofors face will likely become the most iconic version of Northup, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in antebellum Louisiana and then wrote a memoir about the experience.
Right, courtesy of FOX Searchlight Pictures.
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB: Matthew McConaughey/Ron WoodroofMcConaughey lost 50 pounds to play H.I.V. patient Woodrooff, who started a buyers club to smuggle AIDS treatment medication across the border from Mexico. Embodying Woodroofs Texas charm, meanwhile, came naturally.
Left, from Corbis; right, by Anne Marie Fox/ Focus Features.
SAVING MR. BANKS: Tom Hanks/Walt DisneyThe mustache! The carefully combed hair! The lightly Southern accent! Tom Hanks does everything but change the shape of his nose to embody the famous animation pioneer.
Left, Bettman/Corbis; right, courtesy of Disney.
SAVING MR. BANKS: Emma Thompson/P.L. TraversP.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, is far less iconic than Walt Disney, which gave Thompson more leeway than her co-star Tom Hanks. Thompson nails the hair and the frumpy clothes, but can"t completely hide her beauty, especially with that killer red lipstick.
Left, from Popperfoto/Getty Images, right, courtesy of Disney.
SAVING MR. BANKS: Jason Schwartzman & B.J Novak/Richard and Robert ShermanSchwartzman and Novak are more fresh-faced than the real Sherman brothers, who wrote the songs for Mary Poppins, but they perfectly capture the geeky enthusiasm of two songwriting dynamos who knew they were on the verge of making something great.
Left, from Photofest; right, courtesy of Disney.
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM: Idris Elba/Nelson MandelaElba does not naturally resemble the late Mandela, but the makeup team behind the film did a pretty great job of getting him there. In the scene in the film that recreates this iconic shot of Mandela leaving prison, Elba is virtually unrecognizable as the man who played Stringer Bell on The Wire.
Left, by Allan Tannenbaum/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; right, by Keith Bernstein/ The Weinstein Company.
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM: Naomie Harris/Winnie MandelaLike her co-star Idris Elba, Harris had to age decades over the course of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, and is equally convincing as the younger and older incarnations of Winnie Mandela.
Left, by Allan Tannenbaum/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; right, by Keith Bernstein/ The Weinstein Company.
RUSH: Chris Hemsworth/James HuntHemsworth, often better known as superhero Thor, has the real Hunt nailedperfect blond hair, perfect handsome smirk, and the confidence to put his life in constant danger as a Formula One racer.
Left, from Monitor Pictures Library/Photofest/Getty Images; right, courtesy of Universal Pictures.
RUSH: Daniel Bruhl/Niki LaudaBruhl wore false teeth and a wig to portray Lauda, and eventually had elaborate prosthetics applied to portray the facial burns Lauda sustained after a 1976 accident.
Left, by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch/Getty Images; right, courtesy of Universal Pictures.
RUSH: Olivia Wilde/Suzy MillerThe real Miller, married briefly to James Hunt and then to Richard Burton, was a famous model, but Wilde may be even more beautiful than her real-life counterpart.
Left, from Getty Images; right, courtesy of Universal Pictures.
FRUITVALE STATION: Michael B. Jordan/Oscar GrantOscar Grant III became nationally famous after his death at the hands of San Francisco transit police in 2009. Jordan,a veteran child actor, had just the right combination of experience and anonymity to slip seamlessly into the role.
Left, From the Los Angeles County Superior Court/AP Images; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
FRUITVALE STATION: Octavia Spencer/Wanda JohnsonSpencer looks passably like Johnson, the mother of the real Oscar Grant and an active participant in the making of Fruitvale Station. What matters more onscreen, though, is Spencer"s convincing evocation of a mother"s grief.
Left, by Nick Ut/AP Images; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS: Oscar Isaac/Dave Van RonkDave Van Ronk is only a loose inspiration for Oscar Isaac"s titular character, but comparing the cover of Inside Dave Van Ronk to the poster for Inside Llewyn Davis makes the connection obvious. It"s not the looks that matter so much as the spirit of a Greenwich Village folk singer who never makes it as big as Bob Dylan.Left, by Kai Shuman/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images; right, courtesy of CBS Films.
PHILOMENA: Judi Dench/Philomena LeeThe real Philomenastill alive and still fierydoesn"t look much at all like Judi Dench, but that"s no problem; Dench is perfectly convincing as a deeply Catholic Irish woman on a search for her long-lost son.Left, by Jim Spellman/WireImage; right, by Alex Bailey/ 2013 The Weinstein Company.
PHILOMENA: Steve Coogan/Martin SixsmithThough few American viewers of Philomena would recognize journalist Sixsmith, who wrote about Philomena Lees search for her son, Coogan nailed his posh-smart-guy look anyway.
Left, by John Phillips/UK Press/Getty Images; right, by Alex Bailey/ 2013 The Weinstein Company.
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