Oh, sorry, blunthead, I shared the same link you did earlier!
Matthew McConaughey as Roland Deschain?
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Matthew McConaughey (is that how you spell it?) is, I think, a very talented and versatile actor. Probably a bit young for Roland as he's written, but I can see him as Flagg. Especially after watching Killer Joe.
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Don't forget -- Roland took mescaline before communing with the Oracle.
He's a very good actor -- check him out in Dallas Buyer's Club to see his range. He could definitely do this.
Oh yeah, I like him as an actor, I was just combining all his roles as far as bongos, smoking weed, and the Lincoln SUV thing..lol
I thought he did an awesome job in True Detective Season 1. Very different from his usual roles.
Exactly! He is very versatile, and puts a lot into his roles. I also highly rate his performance in True Detective, another portrayal where he is barely recognisable to himself in real life. McConaughey is definitely more than just a pretty boy, he can really act.
I hadn't read the article--just commenting on the thread title 
Now that I have, I still don't see him as Roland, but he could definitely work as Walter O'Dim.
Now that I have, I still don't see him as Roland, but he could definitely work as Walter O'Dim.
Roland is not the part Matthew McConaughey is being considered for according to the information I have from a couple weeks ago. It's the part of
Walter.
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Matthew McConaughey Offered Villain Role in Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’
MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/REX SHUTTERSTOCK
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 | 03:15PM PT
Justin Kroll
Film Reporter@krolljvar
Matthew McConaughey has set his sights on an iconic Stephen King villain.
Sources tell Variety that Sony wants McConaughey to play Walter Padick — aka the Man in Black — in Sony and MRC’s adaptation of King’s “The Dark Tower” franchise. McConaughey has just received the script and has not yet decided whether he will star.
Sony and MRC declined to comment.
Padick is a demonic sorcerer who Roland “the gunslinger” pursues in the first book. The character first appears in “The Stand” and goes by the name of Randall Flagg, a character that McConaughey was also offered to play. “The Gunslinger” will be the first in a series of films.
Nikolaj Arcel is directing the movie, which is currently set to bow on Jan. 13, 2017.
The first book, “The Gunslinger,” has already been adapted by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. Goldsman and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins will produce, while Pinkner will exec produce.
Sony will distribute the pic. MRC will also develop a TV series to go along with the film franchise.
McConaughey recently finished filming the Stephen Gaghan drama “Gold” and also has “Sea of Trees” set to bow later this year. He is repped by CAA.
MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/REX SHUTTERSTOCK
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 | 03:15PM PT
Justin Kroll
Film Reporter@krolljvar
Matthew McConaughey has set his sights on an iconic Stephen King villain.
Sources tell Variety that Sony wants McConaughey to play Walter Padick — aka the Man in Black — in Sony and MRC’s adaptation of King’s “The Dark Tower” franchise. McConaughey has just received the script and has not yet decided whether he will star.
Sony and MRC declined to comment.
Padick is a demonic sorcerer who Roland “the gunslinger” pursues in the first book. The character first appears in “The Stand” and goes by the name of Randall Flagg, a character that McConaughey was also offered to play. “The Gunslinger” will be the first in a series of films.
Nikolaj Arcel is directing the movie, which is currently set to bow on Jan. 13, 2017.
The first book, “The Gunslinger,” has already been adapted by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. Goldsman and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins will produce, while Pinkner will exec produce.
Sony will distribute the pic. MRC will also develop a TV series to go along with the film franchise.
McConaughey recently finished filming the Stephen Gaghan drama “Gold” and also has “Sea of Trees” set to bow later this year. He is repped by CAA.
No apology required.
I also liked him in Frailty .. well.. I actually like him in everything.. and yes.. he has a purty mouth! GNTLGNT 
Absolutely love him in Frailty, one of my favourite movies of all time.
I don't see any pretty actor as Roland unless they shadow and otherwise hide his face the whole time. The ideal choice for Roland would be Clint Eastwood from 35 years ago, but I say that probably because that's how I pictured him from the start with The Gunslinger.I also liked him in Frailty .. well.. I actually like him in everything.. and yes.. he has a purty mouth! GNTLGNT
When I was reading The Stand and The Dark Tower, I couldn’t help but picture McConaughey there each time Flagg appeared, with his smirk and easy charm. Timothy Olyphant would probably be a decent Flagg, too.
Whoever is cast as Roland is going to piss off a lot of King fans. King basically describes him as Clint Eastwood, and Eastwood is too old to play that role.
Whoever is cast as Roland is going to piss off a lot of King fans. King basically describes him as Clint Eastwood, and Eastwood is too old to play that role.
....exactly, and that's why the look is so important....Clint's boy looks a ton like him...don't know if he can act worth a lick though....