Matthew McConaughey is now famous for some serious roles such as Rustin “Rust” Cohle in Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto’s magnum opus “True Detective” Season 1, space pilot Cooper in Christopher Nolan’s science fiction epic “Interstellar,” and an Oscar-winning performance in the 2013 historical drama “Dallas Buyers Club.”
However, if you are familiar with his “alright alright alright” dialogue, you would know that he once used to do only romantic comedies.
In his recent memoir “Greenlights,” McConaughey reveals how he had to give up on romantic comedies so that he could expand on his versatility.
The veteran actor, now turning 50, wrote on how romantic comedies made his career, but at one point, he got fed up with the fact that only offers connected to rom-coms were arriving at his door. He did concede that rom-coms were a great fit for him two decades back, but not anymore. Throughout the 2000-2010 decade, his name was a common theme in almost every successful romantic comedy that includes films like “The Wedding Planner,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” etc.
If you ask him now, he is just done with romantic comedies and is in no mood to miss them in the future either.
He elucidates his frustration with rom-coms by saying that though he enjoyed starring in a hit romantic comedy, there came a time when only similar offers kept on coming to him. However, he adds that he has no regrets doing romantic comedies because he gave people some good time that allowed them to get away from the stress in their lives and not do or think anything else other than watching a boy chase a girl.
He conceded that he is quite content in having followed Hugh Grant’s legacy.
He did not fail to also accept the insinuating argument that the paychecks he received while doing the romantic comedies paid for the house he lived in, so he should not discard them completely. However, he has been clear with his words and intentions for quite a while now.
Don’t expect too many Matthew McConaughey starrer rom-coms from here on.
He went as far as to write that he once turned down a $14.5 million paycheck in 2010 because he was not interested in a film similar to what he has been doing since the beginning of his career. The seriousness of going beyond his comfort zone crept in that same year, and he revealed that he decided that even if he does not get offers for the roles that he wants to do, he will still not return to the world he had left. “No matter the price,” McConaughey added.
He has also revealed in his memoir that he had also predicted the death of his father, who died in 1992.
Fans are glad that he gave up on romantic comedies, though, and if there is someone who is accusing us of pushing him to do more stuff like True Detectives’ Rustin Cohle, we are guilty as charged.
“Greenlights,” a memoir written by Mathew McConaughey, has been released. Check your nearest bookstores or read the reviews on the internet to know more about it.
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