Matthew McConaughey snuck his son into audition for new movie by hiding famous last name
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Anonymous
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Wow! Apparently, Matthew McConaughey was so committed to making sure his son didn't benefit from any nepotism that he *pulled the kid's last name off the audition sheet* and the director hired him base entirely on the strength of his audition. Love it.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/matthew-mcconaughey-snuck-son-audition-162844205.html |
Anonymous
| Performative |
Anonymous
| So his son got an audition because he used his famous last name. Slow clap |
Anonymous
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"Snuck"? Was the kid legitimately in the audition or not? If so, he wasn't "snuck in."
Also, it is pretty common for nepo babies to change or hide their names for this reason. |
Anonymous
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Well, it seems kind of sporting that Matthew anonymity the situation a little, but, they were hiring for a role where someone should resemble him. And he rehearsed his kid and made a video. That's not a totally neutral, no involvement situation.
But I can't say that I'm bothered by nepotism in casting movies. |
Anonymous
| ^ anonymized (excuse hyperactive spellcheck) |
Anonymous
If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. You don't think they knew the kid? |
Anonymous
Yes. Just own it. |
Anonymous
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Public relations 101:
Many celebrities do this, because it's embarrassing for everyone involved to have to refuse or accept someone while ***knowing that everyone knows they knew who the applicant was***. It leaves them open to accusations of nepotism. Even if you are pretty sure that someone on the selection committee might recognize your kid anyway, removing the last name allows the committee to potentially reject the applicant without being worried that it will be interpreted as a slap in the face, because they can always pretend they didn't know who it was. It's to save face either way, for everyone! So this is an entirely normal thing to do in those circumstances. Some of you seem to think celebrities always want everyone to know who their kid is. No, they do not. |
Anonymous
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Why can’t the kids follow their own dreams, why must they mindlessly follow family business.
Their parents are crazy wealthy, they can do anything, why act like their parents? I like Wyatt Russell, who was an NHL hockey player until he was injured, he’s someone who followed his dream and then follow family business as a fallback. |
Anonymous
| I actually have no problem with nepotism. But Matthew making this claim is embarrassing. Just own it; you're making a complete fool of yourself blathering on this BS. I also love when he says that his son asked for the role 5 times causing Matthew to think to himself, "Alright, now he's working for it." Damn, that's quite a definition of "work." |
Anonymous
But then they still probably have an A list agent, acting coach etc etc. And people in the industry probably know it’s a celeb kid so they are given a second look that wouldn’t happen otherwise. |
Anonymous
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It’s weird to me that people would cheer this story on so many levels but one of them that rises to the top is:
Do you think it would be okay for kids to be working in a situation where people didn’t know their real names or who their parents are? |
Anonymous
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Omg I just read the story and now I have died.
McConaughey films himself reading lines with his son. He sends the video to the casting director and requests it gets sent to the director. Then he says “but take my last name off.” Boomer people magazine celebrity culture really puts weird Gen Z influencer culture in perspective. |
Anonymous
Just getting an agent is hard so even if don’t use last name, road is paved |