Matthew McConaughey to Star in WHITE BOY RICK about a 14-Year-Old FBI Informant
Matthew McConaughey is set to star in a fascinating new film project from director Yann Derange called White Boy Rick.
The film is set in the mid 1980s, and it tells the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., who became on undercover informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies at the age of 14. While doing this, he established himself as a major drug dealer. He led a dual life that “eventually put him into the cross-hairs of the feds when he was found with 17 pounds of cocaine (at only 17 years of age). He was put in jail for life, but ethical questions remain as how much the feds were involved in putting him deeper into his life of drugs.”
Doesn’t that sound like an intriguing story?! According to Deadline, McConaughey will play Wershe’s father, who is described as “a blue-collar factory worker trying to keep his family together as the automotive industry collapses around him in Detroit.”
This sounds like it would be a great project for McConaughey. The boy in the film has yet to be cast, but this sounds like a pretty heavy role for anyone to take on. This seems like the kind of character that any young serious actor would want to land, and it’ll be interesting to see who they end up casting.
McConaughey recently completed shooting The Dark Tower, and White Boy Rick is set to start shooting in Michigan and Ohio in March.