Filming 'Interstellar' was test of endurance, says Matthew McConaughey

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Last Updated : Oct 30 2014 | 7:00 PM IST

Matthew McConaughey has recently admitted that shooting for his latest movie 'Interstellar' was a test for endurance.

The Oscar winner said that he had spent weeks hanging from 80ft wires while filming Christopher Nolan's epic space adventure film, Sky News reported.

The 44-year-old has actor said that this was ''pretty physical'' and the endurance test was a little more on this one than on 'Dallas Buyer's Club' where the actor had shed quarter of his body weight for the part.

He also admitted that the crew didn't deal with any green screens everything in the background had been a practical set.

McConaughey has added that he'd been hanging from 80ft by wires half the time and it had been ''pretty fun.

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First Published: Oct 30 2014 | 5:29 PM IST

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