Day after recent day, Matthew McConaughey drove a Lincoln over the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge to the city’s tennis center to play.
“He said he couldn’t believe it was a public court,” said Joel Myers, the city’s tennis director. “These A-list celebrities never come to public facilities. I thought he would come, hit some balls and get a workout in one time and then leave, but he liked it so much that he kept asking if I was available the next day, and then the next day.”
Myers said he received a call from an agency asking to reserve a court and training for a celebrity. That celebrity, it turns out, was McConaughey and his 16-year-old son, Levi McConaughey, who was in San Diego filming his debut movie, “Way of the Warrior Kid,” alongside Chris Pratt.
“He’s a very nice, normal guy,” Myers said. “He has an amazing fitness level. He played for two hours, and he never took a break, he never sat down, he never had a water break – he really is at an elite level of fitness.”
McConaughey, who had never been to Coronado, was enamored by the city, calling it a hidden gem, Myers said. It’s a feeling relatable to many who have crossed the bridge for the first time. He said he’ll be back.