Matthew McConaughey isn’t backing down from stunt work.

McConaughey revealed his most bizarre and memorable injury during an appearance on the First We Feast show “Hot Ones.”

The now 56-year-old actor is known to do his own stunts, as long as insurance will allow it. McConaughey recalled hyperextending his left leg during a “dumba–” move filming “Reign of Fire” in the early 2000s.

“You could see the bottom of the tunnel,” he said. “It was about a six-foot drop. Right? So you see it. Go down, you know when to bend your knees and take in the impact.”

McConaughey said things changed when they went to film the scene, because the lights had been turned off.

“I’m like, ‘Well, I remember where the floor is, just six feet to it.’ And I jumped in, and because I didn’t see the bottom, I didn’

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