Sure. Delicious MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY is one hot Hollywood property. But he’s much more than just a pretty face, you know. Through movies like “A Time To Kill” and “EdTV” - he’s proven he can not only bring ‘em in at the box office, but that he’s also a damn fine actor. And he’s had his fair share of leading ladies.

In addition to working with Elizabeth Hurley, Jenna Elfman and Jodie Foster, he’s been spotted hanging out once again with his former gal-pal Sandra Bullock … oh the babies these two could make! If that wasn’t enough, Matt shares his birthday with BeatBoxBetty (November 4th), so you know he’s one determined motha’ with his eye on the prize.

Recently, I met up with my Scorpio twin to talk about his new movie “U-571” and what it was like working with an all male cast...

BETTY: Okay. What the heck are you drinking?
MATTHEW: It’s Yerba Matte. I’d love to have a cup of coffee, but this doesn’t have any caffeine in it. If I drink coffee all day, I’ll crash by 3PM – so this is just another way to keep me up – but it’s all natural. It’s just a green tea. It’s clean and really good for you.

BETTY: I’ll have to try it someday. Hey – you’ve been in plenty of movies, but what’s your own personal favorite movie of all time to watch?
MATTHEW: Hmmm … my favorite film was “Hud” and my favorite comedy was “Raising Arizona” - but my most enjoyed film of all time was “King Kong.” There’s no other film I enjoyed watching as a kid. That was pure enjoyment.

BETTY: What about music?
MATTHEW: There’s a couple of killer soundtracks out right now and I have this question for you … I loved the [music] to “Blue Streak” in the film - but I bought the album and they put all these heavy lyrics on top of everything. So in the movie, it had this 70’s cool groove to it and it was real mysterious and fun, but the album doesn’t have the same stuff that was in the movie.

Same thing with “Ghost Dog” - the soundtrack in the movie was heavy instrumental, and I bought it, but they have all this heavy rap on top of it. I like it, but it’s just not the same. I’m looking for what was just in the movie!

BETTY: I hate when that happens!
MATTHEW: Yeah, and the last couple of years I’ve been into World Music. Anything with some bass and some percussion I’m really into.

BETTY: Speaking of music, what was it like working with Jon Bon Jovi?
MATTHEW: I had listened to his music in the 80’s but I didn’t know him … but right off the bat he was 100% committed to doing the best job he could acting and playing his character. He was very humble to the craft and he wasn’t coming in with his rock-n-roll stage presence. He was always asking questions and trying to find angles for the character. It’s good to have your ego out of the way of you’re acting, and there was none of that on the set when he was there.

BETTY: While we’re talking about ego, you had to lead these young guys in a teeny tiny sub during wartime. How’d you develop such a great sense of authority about you in this role?
MATTHEW: Everybody on this film has the luxury of not having to worry about going to war or not. As an actor, you’re an independent soul – but when you put that uniform on, there’s a regiment and a class organization with rules and regulations and a structure. That’s what we all had to learn.

BETTY: How did you prepare for this role as Lt. Andrew Tyler?

MATTHEW: I didn’t have anybody in mind. My choreography in this part was learning the military environment. After that, there were things that I developed from my relationship with my father. In the military, there’s a structure that, maybe you don’t always get what you want, but if there’s a job to do – you don’t pout - you don’t hold grudges … you just do it.

BETTY: What are the dynamics of working with an all-male cast? I mean, there’s not a woman around for miles in this movie.
MATTHEW: I was thinking about that earlier. Somebody asked me why there were no women – but of course there weren‘t. Every woman and child in the world since 1942 is the romance of this thing. Because if we don’t go out and win this war, what’s going to happen? What’s Hitler going to do when he shows up?

You know, working with all these guys – you have a lot of testosterone running around and with 14 men all hanging out – and there’s certain things that do go around. When you’re together for 5 months in small quarters, you’re going to have some crossing of attitudes and personalities – but nobody ever let anything get in the way of the work we had to do. There can be a real tendency for groups to clique-up, but we had a team environment early on.

BETTY: Well it certainly shows. Thanks for taking the time to yack with me, Matthew. We’ll look for you and the boys in “U-571”.