Overview
- On Harrelson and Ted Danson’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Harrelson said he often wanted to punch McConaughey during Season 1 because McConaughey stayed fully in character.
- McConaughey described remaining stoic between takes to protect Rust Cohle’s mindset and said Nic Pizzolatto’s writing allowed humor to emerge from the situations.
- Harrelson recalled pushing to add more overt jokes but later conceded McConaughey’s restrained approach proved effective.
- Harrelson reiterated there is no chance he and McConaughey will return to True Detective despite the season’s enduring reputation.
- The duo is slated to co-star as fictionalized versions of themselves in Apple TV+’s Brother From Another Mother, which has no announced release date.