Matthew McConaughey is likely one of the greatest names in Hollywood, however even he cannot keep in mind the identify of one in all his most well-known characters from the hit Christopher Nolan film Interstellar. McConaughey most not too long ago starred alongside America Ferrera in The Misplaced Bus, the docudrama and survival thriller primarily based on accounts of a rescue that occurred throughout the 2018 Camp Hearth.
Featured by VT and Four Nine, McConaughey and Ferrera had been prompted to quiz one another about a few of their most well-known motion pictures. Whereas Ferrera struggled to call all of the discontinued Barbie dolls that appeared in Barbie, McConaughey could not keep in mind his Interstellar character’s full identify. When initially requested the query, McConaughey mentioned: “Possibly I did [know], however I do not proper now.“
Ferrera supplied him with the trace, “Jesus, Mary, and…,” and prompted McConaughey to guess, confused, “Cooper Joseph.“ Ferrera corrected him that the Interstellar protagonist’s identify is Joseph Cooper, which stunned the actor. Cooper largely goes by his final identify all through Interstellar, even amongst household and shut mates.
Interstellar has confirmed to be one in all Christopher Nolan’s more divisive movies, however it has constructed itself an admirable legacy. Interstellar‘s re-release in IMAX at the end of 2024 drew massive crowds, as few motion pictures are higher to be witnessed on this format. Nolan’s house odyssey epic is remembered for its spectacular visuals, terrifying scale, and the quantity of scientific analysis that went into the premise.
Interstellar follows a former NASA pilot who comes out of efficient retirement to undertake a harmful new mission — touring via a wormhole to go looking house for a brand new dwelling for humanity when the Earth will quickly be uninhabitable. This implies forsaking his two kids, who turn out to be adults in what seems like a matter of hours to Cooper resulting from time dilation.
Interstellar additionally stars Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, David Gyasi, and Matt Damon, in addition to current breakout star (on the time) Mackenzie Foy and an early-career Timothée Chalamet because the youthful variations of Murph and Tom Cooper. Interstellar‘s lifetime worldwide gross is $759 million, and it holds a 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Matthew McConaughey is a one-time Oscar winner for 2013’s Dallas Consumers Membership. He’s additionally recognized for motion pictures similar to How one can Lose a Man in 10 Days, Magic Mike, and the legendary TV present True Detective. He was additionally challenged with rating these titles primarily based on which he guessed had the best IMDb rating (and missed a number of instances resulting from forgetting Dallas Consumers Membership). Take a look at this full video beneath:
With a profession as lengthy and storied as McCounaghey’s, he’s sure to neglect a number of particulars about even his personal motion pictures, particularly when virtually nobody remembers Cooper from Interstellar by his first identify.
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November 7, 2014
- Runtime
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169 Minutes
