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This is Matthew McConaughey.

Seriously.

This is really Matthew McConaughey. MM was pap’d in NYC over the weekend working on his latest movie, Gold. He plays Kenny Wells, described as a “struggling businessman” who teams up with a character played by (scorching HOT) Edgar Ramirez to search for gold in Indonesia. I think MM has actually been filming this movie for a while, they just filmed all the “jungle” parts already, (maybe they filmed those scenes in Thailand?).

It’s widely believed in many circles that McConaughey got hairplugs many years ago. I’m trying to think back to when his hair really changed. His hairline started really receding in the mid to late ‘90s, then magically, it started to “grow back” in the early ‘00s. I mention this hair conspiracy because if Matthew had gone completely natural, this might be what he would really look like at this point. Granted, I don’t think Matthew would ever let himself get this kind of paunch in real life. I don’t even think this paunch is real, for the movie. I think he’s wearing padding. I’m almost sure of it.

I have to wonder… I realize that McConaughey is a big Oscar-winning actor now, but if they needed an actor to play a schlub, certainly the first thought was not “let’s cast McConaughey,” right? Because just in these photos, I’m already wondering why they didn’t just cast Paul Giamatti. It really looks like McConaughey is doing a Giamatti impersonation.

Also: even if McConaughey did gain weight for this role, I don’t hate it. I wish more actors and actresses gained weight for movies. I wish Michael Fassbender would take a role where he had to gain weight. Same with Benedict Cumberbatch! I like a man with a little bit of pudge.

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Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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