Matthew McConaughey Confirms He Won't Return For 'True Detective' Season 2
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Despite critical acclaim and stellar ratings, Matthew McConaughey will not return for season 2 of "True Detective."
The actor, who is also an <span>executive producer on the hit HBO series,</span> confirmed the rumors Sunday night backstage at the Academy Awards after winning an Oscar for his role in "Dallas Buyer's Club."
<span></span><span>"No, I won't be back for season two. Season one was finite," McConaughey revealed to reporters. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"It's probably airing right now. Has anyone seen it? I made the thing … and I'm not sure what happens."</span>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">As for what drew him to the role in the first place, McConaughey previously told Rolling Stone:</span>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"I loved the writing. I read the first two episodes, and I said, 'I'm in.' It's like Mark Hanna in 'Wolf of Wall Street' or Ron Woodroof in 'Dallas Buyers Club.' These are characters with clear obsessions, and that's what I've been choosing. Somebody where I could grab ahold of their obsessions and get drunk on them."</span>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span>HBO has yet to officially confirm that "</span>True Detective"<span> has even been picked up for a second season, but show creator Nic Pizzolatto told Rolling Stone that he's already started writing. </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"I've got three characters I love right now, and they're all unique, and neither of them is Cohle or Hart," Pizzolatto revealed.</span>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Pizzolatto may have spilled the beans in a previous tweet he has since deleted, replying <span>to one fan who requested a deeper look at the show's female characters with, "One of the detriments of only having two POV characters, both men (a structural necessity). Next season…" </span></span></span>
<p class="p1">But "True Detective" was conceived as an anthology show all along, with each season telling a unique story with a different locale and group of characters.
<p class="p1">In the meantime, Twitter has done a good job of coming up with casting suggestions to replace McConaughey and his co-star, Woody Harrelson, with the trending hashtag #TrueDetectiveSeason2 offering funny actor pairings.
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