Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Matthew McConaughey has recounted the audition that landed him the lead villain role in the 1994 horror movieTexas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next propagation . WhileNext Generationremainsa black sheep in the slasher movie franchiseand was met with an overwhelmingly electronegative reception , the film was a milepost for soon - to - be Hollywood superstars McConaughey and atomic number 27 - star Renée Zellweger . The Next Generationwas McConaughey ’s second high - profile film after 1993’sDazed and Confused , and served as Zellweger ’s first major role .
TheNext Generationcenters on a group of Texas teenager who run into Leatherface , the infamous chainsaw - exert liquidator from the original 1974Texas Chainsaw Massacrefilm , on their promenade Nox . Zellweger plays Jenny , one of the teenage pack , while McConaughey plays Vilmer , a psychotic killer who , along with Leatherface , terrorize Jenny and her friend . Both Vilmer and Leatherface are discovered to be part of a distorted home of murderers , the Slaughters , workingon the teaching of a homo named Mr. Rothman(James Gale ) .
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In an interview withTHR , McConaughey recalled his bizarre audition forThe Next Generation . The thespian explain that he originally try out for a minuscule , non - speaking part in the film and planned to move to Los Angeles forthwith afterwards . After the meeting , however , McConaughey decided he want to try out his luck at the lead villain and asked the director for an prescribed audition on the spot , but had to improvize through it . He toldTHR :
" I go to the production office of Texas Chainsaw Massacre , I ’m talking to the director Kim Henkel . And he suppose , ' Matthew , do you have anybody in thinker who could play the Pb killer / villain ? ' … And I thought , I should try for that function ! So I went back down the pavement , went in … I say I wanna try out for the role of Vilmer . And they aver , ' Okay , great idea , but there ’s no actress here . ' And the girl who was the escritoire articulate , ' I ’ll do it ! ' … And right then , I be given to the kitchen that was in this house where the office was , grabbed a big tablespoon out of the drawer , came back in and just pin her in a corner and acted like it was a arm , and did it until she , like , cried … And then Kim was like , ' That was good , ' and then the young lady was like , ' Yeah that was really good , you really scared me ! ''
McConaughey was immediately offered the role of Vilmer , but had already packed up his U - haul truck full of his belongings for his planned relocation to LA . Still , the role player determine to take the role , unpack , and sleep on a friend ’s lounge for the next calendar month to make it puzzle out . The decisioncertainly paid off for McConaughey , who within the next few years would go on to land major parts in hits likeA Time to KillandBoys on the Sidebefore becoming one of Hollywood ’s biggest lead .
McConaughey is well - get laid for his commitment to the slyness of act , giving every role his complete focus . WhileTexas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generationis not commemorate as one of McConaughey ’s most iconic parting ( now that he has given so many memorable performances in films likeWolf of Wall Street , Dallas Buyers ClubandInterstellar ) , the horror film was one of the first to showcase McConaughey ’s voltage . And on hearing about his horizontal surface of commitment in an auditory modality , it ’s no curiosity why the actor is the Hollywood heavy - batsman he is today .
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