Best Actor Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey opens up about his 'True Detective' character Rust Cohle [VIDEOS]

Matthew McConaughey won his first Oscar award after also being nominated for the first time for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. Plus his current portrayal of Rust Cohle on HBO's True Detective is said to bring the actor an Emmy award this year, too. Find out more on this character from the actor himself in a new interview he took part in!

Fans of the cerebral HBO series know that McConaughey is pulling out all the stops in a career-defining performance of the ages, so having him explain his approach of the character is definitely worth a listen. Rust Cohle is one of those cult classic characters that will last for generations as a model for others in the future and we're lucky enough to be living it right now.

In the following video McConaughey talks about his approach to the character and opens up about concerns he had early on while filming the 1995 scenes. This interview also reveals how the actor is just like any other diehard True Detective fan that watches each week then goes back through past episodes to add up all of the clues. Do you do this? Well so does the show's star!

Check out this part of the interview right here:

Check out all the clips from this interview here!

The biggest news of McConaughey's career came this past weekend when he won the Oscar for the "Best Actor in a Leading Role" category at the 86^th annual Academy Awards. You can check out his incredible acceptance speech right here: