And so I think that’s what I learned from it. He had to reinvent the wheel, so to speak. To deliver, in a very short time frame, something that became very challenging to deliver. I became too much of a network executive at that point. “he first season of True Detective was something that Nic Pizzolatto had been thinking about, gestating, for a long period of time. He told a southern California radio talk show that he’d pushed creator Nic Pizzolatto to meet a deadline for shooting, rather than giving him the time to craft a story and scripts that felt complete. Everything we’ve ever done or will do, we’re gonna do over and over and. While critics speculated on whether the letdown could have been the fault of cast chemistry, story issues, or using multiple directors, HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo shouldered some of the blame. True Detective: 10 Rust Cohle Quotes We Still Don’t Understand 10 'Someone once told me time is a flat circle. Seeing philosophical divides portrayed so eloquently on screen, wrapped in an engrossing plotline to boot, meant the dud that was season 2 landed particularly hard. McConaughey’s rambling observations and Harrelson’s rote, parroted morality created entertaining discourse at the time but now more than ever they reflect the divided discourse that surrounds this election year. McConaughey won a TCA award and he and Harrelson were both nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe awards. The partnership between McConaughey and Harrelson created massive interest, as audiences were kept guessing which one was really stable and which was coming slightly unhinged.
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The first season was a smash hit with critics and viewers and received numerous reviews as one of the strongest TV series ever. True Detective started off with a bang, and the credit goes to its lead characters whose complex personalities made it a show to watch. For Rust Cohle though audiences might bend the rules. Rust Cohle is one of the most enigmatic characters on television, but not all of his lines on True Detective were all that easy to understand.
True Detective is designed as an anthology series so the format doesn’t actually lend itself to McConaughey making a return in the same role. Other highlights of the conversation include McConaughey’s analysis of how he memorized and rehearsed the complex monologues, and the patience he exercised during the early, more reticent appearances of his character. That thing, when I read it, I knew in 20 minutes, I was like ‘If I can play this guy Rustin Cohle then I’m in.’” The actor first explained that he’d been approached to play Marty, the role eventually taken by Harrelson, but was captivated by the smart, convoluted mind of Rust Cohle. I was a happy man while we made that ‘cause I was on my own island. Though he also commented that he couldn’t imagine living on the character’s mental “island.” Both he and co-star Woody Harrelson stayed on with the series as executive producers so McConaughey said he has talked with the creator about appearing again.
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