Matthew McConaughey Rumored to Be Up for Norman Osborn in SPIDER-MAN Reboot
Last week, Matthew McConaughey revealed that he had been reading scripts from both Marvel and DC, and that he's actually talked to the studios about working on some of the them. The exact quote come from Variety. When asked if he would ever consider being in a superhero film, he said:
"I’ve read some Marvel and DC scripts and I’ve talked about working with them on some scripts, none of which I’ll share with you what they are — or were. Yeah, I’ve circled some of those. Nothing has been right for me yet. But I’m sure open to it."
When asked what would convince him to actually jump on board one of these films, he said:
"It’s very simple for me. I look at the script. Is the opportunity exciting? Is the money that comes with it exciting? Sure. Is it the possibility of going, 'Hey you can get on a train and it can be a franchise and you could do 3, 4, 5, and have a great time as some kind of superhero or anti-hero.' But I would also look at something like that and say, 'Hey, in success that means you are on the train for a while.' Contractually, you’re going to return to the character over and over. It’s something I asked myself is it something I’d want to return to. Would I be excited to go back and put the shoes on the character again? Going and doing the press tour with that group of people again? I always ask myself those questions again. It starts with the story and character."
There's no word on what superhero film he's been approached with, but a recent rumor suggests that he's up for the role of Norman Osborn in the Spider-Man reboot that's being developed by Marvel and Sony. The new comes from That Hashtag Show (via: MCU Exchange).
The outlet isn't known for breaking a lot of scoops in the past, but they previously revealed some early Avengers: Age of Ultron news that ended up being right, such as the death of a character that I won't say here in case you haven't seen the movie yet, as well as the correct line-up of the final Avengers team at the end of the movie. So I think it might be worth hearing them out.
This is just a rumor for now and nothing more, but it would be interesting to see McConaughey in the role of Norman Osborn. The guy is an incredible actor, and I'd have to see him in the role to see if he could work or not. My initial thought on the prospect is that he would be great! The character would definitely be interesting with that McConaughey swagger and laid back southern drawl.
Now, he did say that nothing that he's read has been right for him yet, so there's a chance that maybe he was approached for the role of Osborn but it's one he's not interested in.
Even though this might not happen, what do you think about the possibility of the actor taking on the role of Norman Osborn?