Dallas Buyer Club star remembers fear of AIDS in 1980s
Reuters
2014-01-30
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Oscar nominees Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto were reunited at the UK premiere of the critically-acclaimed "Dallas Buyers Club" on Wednesday (January 29).
The pair are nominated for best actor and best actor in a supporting role respectively at the upcoming Academy awards for their roles in the movie which tells the real-life story of an unlikely activist in the fight against AIDS.
McConaughey plays the lead role of Ron Woodroof, with Leto as his transsexual side-kick, Rayon.
McConaughey's portrayal of the homophobic Texas electrician who fights for AIDS treatment after he contracts the disease in the 1980s is one that has got critics talking about the new, more serious direction in his career.
He reminisced about his own memories of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s as a young man growing up in the United States.
Oscar nominees Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto were reunited at the UK premiere of the critically-acclaimed "Dallas Buyers Club" on Wednesday (January 29).
The pair are nominated for best actor and best actor in a supporting role respectively at the upcoming Academy awards for their roles in the movie which tells the real-life story of an unlikely activist in the fight against AIDS.
McConaughey plays the lead role of Ron Woodroof, with Leto as his transsexual side-kick, Rayon.
McConaughey's portrayal of the homophobic Texas electrician who fights for AIDS treatment after he contracts the disease in the 1980s is one that has got critics talking about the new, more serious direction in his career.
He reminisced about his own memories of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s as a young man growing up in the United States.
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