Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey became a major force Real detective season one, which became one of the most critically acclaimed series.
But despite the duo working together to solve a shocking mystery, they had creative differences over the show’s dark theme.
In the Now you see me According to the star, a few jokes should be added to the series, but he says McConaughey has not made any explicit response to him.
‘I remember saying to [McConaughey] Before we started filming, I was like, ‘Dude, people are going to expect to laugh with us. We need to throw some jokes in here.” He just says, “Mhm.” I’m waiting for him to say, “Yes, you’re all, no, none of that.” He just said, ‘Mhm, yeah,'” the actor says Variety.
Elsewhere in the interview, Harrelson also recalls becoming frustrated with what he describes as his co-star’s acting during filming.
“He’s methodical. When we were shooting, he was Rust Cohle. There.” [were] So many times I wanted to punch this mother in the face. I’m so angry at him because it’s in character.”
McConaughey adds in response, “We’re sitting there. We’re about to start shooting, and we were rehearsing,” McConaughey recalls. “I’m just a little stoic Rust Cohle.”
“Woody says, ‘Hey man, I need to talk to you about something.’ He says, ‘The way you and I work, McConaughey, I hit the ball for you, you hit it back, I hit it back to you. We volley, we play. … Man, that’s us. It is dramatic, but also comedy.”
Real detective is streaming on HBO Max.
