Matthew McConaughey Considering Magnum P.I.

Rumors don’t die, they just get recycled by other people. It was in January of last year that Mathew McConaughey was first rumored to be in the running for the role of Thomas Magnum in the long planned Magnum P.I. movie. As any Magnum fan worth their salt will tell you, there’s only one guy who should be playing this role, and his name is Tom Selleck. But Hollywood doesn’t care, and McC’s name was thrown in the hat with dozens of other rumored actors like George Clooney, and we haven’t heard much since.

Well now the McConaughey for Magnum rumor is back, courtesy of EW. They say it’s more than a rumor this time, and that he’s actually been offered the part by Universal Pictures. Whether or not he’ll do it apparently depends on if he likes the script, which he’s currently reading. And right there is where I start to doubt this thing, because I’m pretty sure Matthew McConaughey is much too busy smoking weed to do things like “read”. Maybe he got a spoken word podcast version.

EW says they think he’s a “sweet match” for Thomas Magnum who they describe as a “reluctant detective”. Except Magnum was reluctant, not lazy, and lazy is just about all Matt McC is any good at playing these days. Thomas Magnum was smart, sarcastic, dashing, and a little damaged. Yeah the show was one of those gimmicky 80s detective shows, but Magnum had more depth than your average Simon & Simon character. Even if he can grow a great mustache, McConaughey seems like a heinous disaster. But then anyone not named Selleck is an epic fail. On the other hand, Magnum did take his shirt off a lot, and we all know Matt is pretty great at that.