That's better! Shirtless Matthew McConaughey is his usual beefy self as he joins Reese Witherspoon in new film Mud

He shriveled to a 不十分な 135lbs for his starring 役割 in the Dallas 買い手s Club.

But Matthew McConaughey looks far healthier as a 逃亡者/はかないもの 罪人/有罪を宣告する in Jeff Nichols 演劇 Mud, filmed before his shocking 負わせる loss.

The 43-year-old actor peels off his shirt before his 激烈な わずかな/ほっそりした-負かす/撃墜する and 試みる/企てるs to 再会させる with his lover, played by a sombre Reese Witherspoon, as he runs from the 法律.

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Back on the big screen: Matthew McConaughey stars as vagabond Mud in the forthcoming Jeff Nichols film by the same name

支援する on the big 審査する: Matthew McConaughey 星/主役にするs as vagabond Mud in the 来たるべき Jeff Nichols film by the same 指名する

Sombre: Witherspoon takes a leap from her typical effervescent onscreen persona to play the downca
st leading lady Juniper

Sombre: Witherspoon takes a leap from her typical effervescent onscreen persona to play the downcast 主要な lady Juniper

The film tells the story of two teenage boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) who つまずく across McConaughey's character. 辞退するing to 明らかにする/漏らす his 身元, he goes only by Mud.

The vagabond 結局 勝利,勝つs their 信用 and the boys form a 協定/条約 to help him 避ける the bounty hunters on his 追跡する and to 再会させる him with a woman, Juniper, whose affection he 危険に craves.

Stripping off: McConaughey reveals a healthier frame before he lost 40lbs for Dallas Buyers Club

Stripping off: McConaughey 明らかにする/漏らすs a healthier でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れる before he lost 40lbs for Dallas 買い手s Club

Can he win her back? Witherspoon's character seems detached from Mud while he's on the run from the law

Can he 勝利,勝つ her 支援する? Witherspoon's character seems detached from Mud while he's on the run from the 法律

Sombre: Witherspoon takes a leap from her typical effervescent onscreen persona to play the downcast leading lady Juniper

Sombre: Witherspoon takes a leap from her typical effervescent onscreen persona to play the downcast 主要な lady Juniper

The two-and-a-half minute clip opens as the camera skims over a lake and a boat washes 岸に.

'There are things you can get away with in this world and there are things you can't,' McConaughey narrates, conjuring his native Texas drawl.?

The two boys, Ellis and Neckbone, run の上に a 砂漠d beach, where they find an abandoned boat perched in a tree after a flood - only to find someone is living inside.

Contemplative: Juniper's loyalty is tested as police close in on Mud

Contemplative: Juniper's 忠義 is 実験(する)d as police の近くに in on Mud

Deep South: McConaughey conjures his native Texas drawl for the character

深い South: McConaughey conjures his native Texas drawl for the character

Vagabond: Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland play Ellis and Neckbone, two teenage boys who help Mud on his escape

Vag abond: Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland play Ellis and Neck, two teenage boys who help Mud on his escape

They つまずく upon Mud - a strange man with nails embedded in his heels that leave a 追跡する of crosses in the sand 'to 区 off evil spirits'. He reminisces about his girlfriend, Juniper, who has nightingales, 'good luck birds', tattooed on her 手渡すs.

Mud waits for her only the island, but she seems 自信のない about running away with him again.

'I just can't spend the 残り/休憩(する) of my life running away with him,' she 自白するs, cutting to a scene of her laughing, beer in 手渡す, with two men in a 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業.?

Back to health: McConaughey on the set of The Dallas Buyer's Club in New Orleans on December 17, left, and at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 10
Back to health: McConaughey on the set of The Dallas Buyer's Club in New Orleans o
n December 17, left, and at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 10

支援する to health: McConaughey on the 始める,決める of The Dallas 買い手's Club in New Orleans on December 17, left, and at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 10

Mud (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限s the boys to help him get off the island as police の近くに in, and their 忠義 is 実験(する)d.

Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard and Ray McKinnon also feature in the film, which 首相d at the Cannes Film Festival last May to strong reviews.

It will be 審査するd at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday before hitting theatres with a 限られた/立憲的な 解放(する) on April 26.

Dallas 買い手s Club, loosely based on the true-life tale of HIV 患者 Ron Woodroof, is scheduled for 解放(する) later this year.

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