Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Matthew McConaughey's legendary role in True Detective is hilariously parodied by Glen Powell in Richard Linklater's Hit Man. Powell's character Gary Johnson, who is based on a real-life college professor who also doubled as an undercover "assassin", assumes many false identities in Linklater's latest film.
Related Hit Man: Freud's Psychological Theory Of The Id, Ego & Superego Explained The Freudian concept of id, ego, & superego as the main provinces of the human psyche act as a key theme for Gary/Ron in Richard Linklater's Hit Man. While it's been some time since McCounghey portrayed Rust Cohle in the exceptional first season of True Detective, it still remains to be one of the actor's most memorable performances and one that helped spark his career revival during the 2010s. Just before True Detective season 1 was released, McConaughey won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his star role in Dallas Buyers Club .
Matthew McConaughey's History With Richard Linklater Explains Hit Man's True Detective Similarity McConaughey starred in Linklater's classic Dazed and Confused Linklater and McConaughey go way back, with their first collaboration occurring more than three decades ago in 1993. Linklater essentially discovered McConaughey after putting him in Dazed & Confused, which is one of the greatest and most authentic coming-of-age summer movies ever made.