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Matthew McConaugheywas spotted stepping in front of the camera in Los Angeles Saturday.
The scene for Salesforce commercial, with whom he is a brand partner, featured businessmen and women, construction workers and a firefighter, among other professions. McConaughey was at their head, looking determined.
The pics come on the heels of the announcement thatMcConaughey’s filmDallas Stingwould be shelved for good, only six weeks ahead of principal photography.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, production company Skydance Media scrapped the project — a biographical movie based on Bill Kinder, a legendary women’s soccer coach from the ’80s, with McConaughey playing Kinder.
The outlet reported that producers on the film reportedly received “disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based.”
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Talking to the outlet, the coach denied the accusations and said the letter “was pretty cryptic.”
“There was nothing there, nothing ever happened,” Kinder said.
Skydance Media did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, nor did McConaughey’s rep.
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A survivor of sexual abuse, McConaughey has written about his experience in his2020 memoirGreenlights. He also spoke about his experience with consent in an appearance on the premiere episode ofAmanda de Cadenet’s new podcastThe Conversation: About the Menon Sept. 19.
Matthew McConaughey Soccer Movie Scrapped amid ‘Disturbing Allegations’ About True Story (Reports)
McConaughey said his parents taught him to be respectful in such situations and credited his father with teaching him about consent.
“[My father is] talking to me as his son, as a male in this situation and speaking to me about a heterosexual relationship,” the actor recalled in a clip from the episode, exclusive to PEOPLE. “He says, ‘If you ever feel the girl the female hesitate, stop.'”
source: people.com
