Outside: McConaughey to Star in ‘Born to Run’ Film

Matthew McConaughey will play the character Caballo Blanco in the upcoming film Born to Run, one of the film’s producers confirmed to Runner’s World on Wednesday. The movie is an adaptation of Outside contributor Christopher McDougall’s book of the same name.

The film has yet to begin shooting. Deb Newmyer, president of Outlaw Productions and a producer on the movie, told Runner’s World that McConaughey will play the character of Caballo Blanco (Spanish for “white horse”), aka Micah True. He was an American ultrarunner who became a central character in McDougall’s book for training with the Tarahumara people in Mexico. The Tarahumara are known for embarking on extraordinary endurance runs in little more than sandals. True died on a run in New Mexico in 2012. more…