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Matthew McConaughey Went Off Grid in Peru for 22 Days, Changed Name to Mateo

Matthew McConaughey is no stranger to going off the grid, but fans might be surprised to learn he moved to Peru — and changed his name — in the ‘90s to escape his fame and reset before becoming an even bigger star. “I needed to get my feet on the ground,” McConaughey, 56, recalled during the May 5 episode of the “No Magic Pill with Blake Mycoskie” podcast. “ But at the same time, I needed to enjoy [that] all of a sudden the world was ‘yes’ to me.” The actor, who initially rose to fame with 1993’s Dazed and Confused, noted that everyone knew his name following the success of 1996’s A Time to Ki...