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Matthew McConaughey Films 'Gold' in the Hamptons

By Brendan J. O’Reilly
2 minute 10/08/2015
Matthew McConaughey at the Jimmy Aery Way parking lot off Meadow Lane in Southampton Village speaks with Marissa Epley and Southampton Village Mayor Mark Epley.
Matthew McConaughey at the Jimmy Aery Way parking lot off Meadow Lane in Southampton Village speaks with Marissa Epley and Southampton Village Mayor Mark Epley. Photo credit: Brendan J. O’Reilly

Matthew McConaughey is in Southampton Village Thursday shooting a scene for his film Gold, which also co-stars Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard and Rachael Taylor.

Meadow Lane west of Halsey Neck Lane has closed for short periods—five to 15 minutes—intermittently throughout the day as Gold films at the village helipad.

Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
nearly unrecognizable in makeup and costume as Kenny Wells.
Photo credit: Brendan J. O’Reilly

The Gold film crew is using the Coopers Beach parking lot as its main staging and catering area. Shuttles are taking cast and crew between Coopers and the Jimmy Aery Way parking lot across from the helipad.

Directed by Stephen Gaghan, Gold dramatizes the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corp. mining scandal, according to Variety.

Matthew McConaughey meets Southampton Village Mayor Mark Epley, Village Administrator Steve Funsch and others. Photo credit: Brendan J. O'Reilly
Matthew McConaughey meets Southampton Village Mayor Mark Epley, Village Administrator Steve Funsch and others. Photo credit: Brendan J. O’Reilly
The helicopter being used in a scene for <i>Gold</i> sits on the Meadow Lane helipad.
The helicopter being used in a scene for Gold sits on the Meadow Lane helipad.
Photo credit: Brendan J. O’Reilly

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