Is Matthew McConaughey following in Ronald Reagan's footsteps?
One of Hollywood's most distinctive actors, he's known to many of us from 1993's indie comedy movie 'Dazed and Confused', 'The Lincoln Lawyer' (2011), and/or 'Dallas Buyers Club' (2013), veering seamlessly from casual sexy through down-and-out to implacable across his varied roles.
In 2019, he became a professor of practice at the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas, his home state with his wife the Brazilian-American model and designer Camila Alves and their three children.
Like the late US President Ronald Reagan (pictured left in a 1960s commerical), McConaughey also has a select body of work in the advertising arena.
Dry humour for Lincoln vehicles, topless for Dolce & Gabbana The One fragrance, Doritos for this year's Super Bowl (pictured right)...
... and a mould-breaking, one-minute promotion of his book, 'Greenlights' - no special effects, no dressing up, just the man himself talking to the camera.
McConaughey's name has recently re-surfaced in connection with a run for Governor of Texas - a role that will be up for grabs next year, and which the 'True Detective' star has now said he is 'seriously considering'.
Late last year, he refuted the notion, telling presenter Stephen Colbert: "Right now, no. I don't get politics.Politics seems to be a broken business, politics needs to redefine its purpose."
However, he also said:
"As I move forward in life, yes, I am gonna consider leadership roles where I can be most useful"
From Hollywood screen to political stage
He would not, of course, be the first.
Austrian-American body-builder and actor, Arnold 'The Terminator' Schwarzenegger, became the most recent Republican Governor of California, serving from 2003 to 2011. Decades earlier, fellow movie star Ronald Reagan held the same position, from 1967 to 1975.
In terms of advertising credentials, you can find Schwarzenegger in a variety of Japanese commercials, while he made a hit in 2016 with his 'Arnold Alarm Clock' spot, and teamed up with Terminator co-star Linda Hamilton and basketball players Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for an ESPN promotion of 'Terminator: Dark Fate' in 2019.
Ronald Reagan, who went on to become the 40th US President (1981-1989) after his California governorship, starred in some major Hollywood productions and promoted hand-cleansing Boraxo soap products as part of his work in commercials.
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3 年Interesting. I hope everything falls into place. Would like to see what he's doing next.
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3 年Should we be looking out for President McConaughey soon then? ?? One thing with successful figures like this is that they certainly have shown their ability to influence public opinion so I can see the attraction in trying to use some of that social capital for something important or "useful" as Mr McConaughey says.
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3 年It worked out pretty well for Arnold so perhaps he could also pull it off. He's definitely an interesting character!
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3 年It's so funny. Someone asked him if he was a Republican, and his answer was so evasive I thought, he'd make a great politician.
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3 年Interesting parallel Tree Elven He has the platform let's hope he uses wisely. Looking forward to seeing what he's doing next.