About this episode

The episode explores the true story behind the film 'Dallas Buyers Club' and the life of Ron Woodroof.

Not many movies can claim to have restarted an actor's career with more success than 2013's biographical drama, "Dallas Buyers Club". With Matthew McConaughey formerly known as a romantic comedy lead it was something of a punt casting a heartthrob in the role of Ron Woodroof, a terminally ill electrician who begins his own quest to provide life-extending drugs to those who share his fate. Having discovered clear differences in the perception of Woodroof between the people that knew him versus the filmmakers themselves however, we decided to do some clandestine research of our own to uncover the truth. Was Ron really given just 30 days to live? Did he dress up as a priest in order to smuggle across borders? And what exactly happened in Japan?! Join us to find out on That's Not How It Went Down! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Lewis Howard, Elliot Fitzpatrick

Topics covered

• biographical drama
• actor career restart
• drug smuggling
• terminal illness
• film analysis

Keywords

• Dallas Buyers Club
• Matthew McConaughey
• Ron Woodroof
• biographical film
• drug smuggling
• terminal illness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dallas Buyers Club

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