Matthew McConaughey put his son Levi’s dedication to the test before his debut as an actor in the next movie The lost bus.
McConaughey, 55, recently revealed a subtle breeding test that he tested with his son and cost of 17 years, Levi, before throwing it in the same film.
“I always present what story I am doing, what the movie is about [to my family]”McConaughey said People’s magazinereferring to his wife Camila Alves McConaough and his three children: Levi, daughter Vida, 15, and are Livingston, 12.
“I launched it and reached the part where my character had a son and Levi,” Well, how old is the son? It turns out that the role was his exact age and had not yet been chosen. “
“And then I thought, ‘Could you read for that?'” Levi cut, who was present during the interview. “And you were like, ‘yes’.”
McConaughey continued, “and then I didn’t mention it again” to what Levi explained even more: “I had to bother him.”
Levi “returned three more times after that to go,” Well, can I read it? “Matthew recalled, turning to his son.” And I wanted to try and see how much you wanted to read for this, right? “
Finally, McConaughey picked up the camera. “We shoot a couple of shots, and I thought: ‘Okay, the boy can hold a frame.'”
McConaughey also tested his child’s action skills by retaining the last name at the time of presentation. Levi got the role on his own merit.
McConaughey’s 93 -year -old mother, who once entered BernieHe also plays his mother on the screen.
The lost bus It opens on October 3 at Apple TV+. Meanwhile, Levi is already in his next project, Warrior Child’s form, Chris Pratt front.
However, the adolescent does not rush a full -time race. “This role was not I deciding: ‘Oh, I will become an actor,” he explained. “It was me saying: ‘I am really interested in this.'”
