Woody Harrelson Talks ‘Brothers’ With Matthew McConaughey: ‘If You’re Looking for ‘True Detective,’ It’s Not This’
The Oscar-nominated actor is at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he is to receive a Heart of Sarajevo award following a screening of Michael Winterbottom's 'Welcome to Sarajevo' The applause thundering within the Sarajevo National Theater could be heard from a mile away on Tuesday afternoon. The actor, who is at the festival as the recipient of an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award, delighted passionate fans in a 90-minute career talk bookended by two comedy shows: his breakout, “Cheers,” and his upcoming Apple TV series “Brothers.” “Brothers” sees Harrelson reunite with “True Detective” co-star Matthew McConaughey to play fictionalized versions of themselves.
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The Oscar-nominated actor is at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he is to receive a Heart of Sarajevo award following a screening of Michael Winterbottom's 'Welcome to Sarajevo' The applause thundering within the Sarajevo National Theater could be heard from a mile away on Tuesday afternoon. The actor, who is at the festival as the recipient of an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award, delighted passionate fans in a 90-minute career talk bookended by two comedy shows: his breakout, “Cheers,” and his upcoming Apple TV series “Brothers.” “Brothers” sees Harrelson reunite with “True Detective” co-star Matthew McConaughey to play fictionalized versions of themselves. In the show, created by “The Office” producer Lee Eisenberg, their friendship is put to the test once they uncover a decades-old secret: they might actually be brothers. The story is inspired by real-life events, coming to the screen a few years after Harrelson went public with the fact that his father met McConaughey’s mother just around the time the “Dallas Buyers Club” actor was conceived.
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- The Oscar-nominated actor is at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he is to receive a Heart of Sarajevo award following a screening of Michael Winterbottom's 'Welcome to Sarajevo' The applause thundering within the Sarajevo National Theater could be heard from a mile away on Tuesday afternoon. The actor, who is at the festival as the recipient of an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award, delighted passionate fans in a 90-minute career talk bookended by two comedy shows: his breakout, “Cheers,” and his upcoming Apple TV series “Brothers.” “Brothers” sees Harrelson reunite with “True Detective” co-star Matthew McConaughey to play fictionalized versions of themselves.
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Woody Harrelson Talks ‘Brothers’ With Matthew McConaughey: ‘If You’re Looking for ‘True Detective,’ It’s Not This’
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