WRITTEN BY SHAURYA THAKUR
Matthew McConaughey admits to being behind the iconic 'McConaissance' phrase for personal reinvention.
On Chelsea Handler's podcast Dear Chelsea, The Academy Award winner talks about his transition from the romantic comedy genre to dramatic roles.
McConaughey described the term as "self-marketing" following a journalist's advice at the red carpet event for his 2012 film 'Mud.'
The actor fed a journalist a sound bite about someone calling his performance "McConaissance." Soon, his lie stuck.
The term "McConaissance" caught more heat when The New Yorker writer Rachel Syne used the phrase in a piece about the career resurgence of the actor.
Matthew McConaughey feared being boxed in as the leading man in the genre, calling it a "very thing wavelength" and is thankful for his agent for turning down these roles.
For this 2013 film 'Dallas Buyers Club,' Matthew McConaughey won his first Academy Award for playing Ron Woodroof, a rodeo who discovers he has AIDS.
Matthew McConaughey earned further acclaim from starring as Rustin Cohle in the first season of the HBO anthology series 'True Detective.'