Det endte naturligvis med at være Pedro Pascal, der tog rollen som Joel i tv-serien baseret på The Last of Us, og leverede også en mindeværdig præstation, men før han blev castet blev rollen faktisk nævnt for selveste Matthew McConaughey.
Åbenbart blev McConaughey kontaktet af skaber Craig Mazin tidligt i projektets udvikling, men McConaughey endte med at afvise rollen, fordi han ikke ønskede at blive tilknyttet en længerevarende produktion.
"I wasn't really acting at that point. I think that was when I was doing more writing and looking at leadership roles. It was really good. He [Craig Mazin] was really excited. Correct me if I'm wrong — I'm not a huge TV watcher, but we pulled off a real coup with True Detective at a time when series were not something that actors like myself and Woody Harrelson would hop off and go do. That one succeeded in a real royal fashion. The Last of Us was really good, it wasn't for me at the time. I don't know what would've been for me at the time. I guess the first thing I came across was [The Rivals of Amziah King], that I went like, 'Oh, this is extremely particular. It's a movie. It's one movie. A series, I do consider, 'Well, you want this to succeed, and in its success, this is something you'll be doing for years and years and years.' Do I want that to be the case?"
Det lader til at han i det hele taget har skruet lidt ned, ikke sandt?
