Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Riiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhtttttttttt.
Hollywood is a small town/industry.
Everyone knew it was his son.
Don’t you mean…All Right, All Right, All Right…![]()
And doesn’t his son resemble him very closely, with darker hair?
Anonymous wrote: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
And boot straps Jeff Bezos started Amazon in his garage. Spoiler: Jeff was a Princeton alum multi-millionaire investment banking executive before starting Amazon.Anonymous wrote:So his son got an audition because he used his famous last name. Slow clap
Anonymous wrote:Tori Spelling spent years claiming that this is how she got her role on 90210, by using a different name.
Anonymous wrote:Riiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhtttttttttt.
Hollywood is a small town/industry.
Everyone knew it was his son.
Anonymous wrote:Nicolas Cage changed his name so no one would know he was a Coppola.
Anonymous wrote:Performative

Anonymous wrote: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.