

It took a chance encounter with the casting director in a bar and an unlikely shot given to him by the director, and was at the expense of a main character's screen time.
I get older, they stay the same age." His eyes meet mine and I obviously don't yet understand irony.Īs iconic as David Wooderson's character became for many of us, he almost didn't exist, at least not helmed by Matthew McConaughey. I'm watching this boy ham it up for his audience as he summons up from the depths of his soul his best impression of David Wooderson from Dazed and Confused: "That's what I love about these high school girls, man.

Who among us has not lived through this exact scene? Summer party on a beach: the picturesque kind with teenagers, cheap beer, and a bonfire.
