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Sex act in Matthew McConaughey film that left viewers speechless

Matthew McConaughey turned down a $15 million Magnum P.I. payday to star in the 2011 cult thriller Killer Joe, a film famous for its deeply disturbing final scene.

Matthew McConaughey once turned down a $15 million payday in a potential blockbuster to a make a film in which his character forces a woman to perform a sex act on a piece of fried chicken.

The Long Sip
What happened

The 2011 indie thriller Killer Joe, directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey, is back in the spotlight for its notoriously shocking content.

The detail

McConaughey passed up a $15 million offer for a Magnum P.I. film to take the role, saying the script initially disgusted him so much he put it straight down.

And then

Colleagues convinced him the story was dark satire, he found the humour in it, and the film became an early landmark of what critics later called the McConaissance.

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What readers are saying

Shebox
McConaughey turned down a 15 million dollar offer for the Magnum PI movie specifically to chase roles like Killer Joe. That decision let him move from romantic comedy leads straight into the award winning run that followed with Dallas Buyers Club and True Detective.
BrissyMumJen
The practical takeaway is that even after McConaughey found the script disgusting enough to need a hot shower he still came back to it a few days later once he saw the satire.
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