Matthew McConaughey reveals the surprsing source of his rom-com genre success — an L.A. fortune-teller. 'I remember thinking, 'Did the studio hire this guy?''
Though having left the genre behind, Matthew McConaughey recalls how a fortune-teller was behind his rom-com success. Having first found success with his work in more dramatic fare with Joel Schumacher's A Time to Kill and Steven Spielberg's Amistad in the '90s, among others, McConaughey began looking to the brighter side of things at the turn of the millennia starring in the likes of satirical comedy EDtv and the Jennifer Lopez-co-starring The Wedding Planner.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY While speaking with Vanity Fair to discuss the film's 20th anniversary, Matthew McConaughey reflected on his decision to star in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The actor recalls being approached by a fortune-teller shortly after being offered the future hit rom-com, who convinced him to star in the film, subsequently putting him on the path to stardom in the genre.
I remember considering whether I was going to do it or not one night while on a walk down Sunset Boulevard when suddenly, this guy comes up out of nowhere to me—he was a fortune-teller guru [and] goes, “Can I tell you your fortune real quick?” I was like, “Yeah, man. Sure.” He immediately goes, “There’s a movie you’re considering right now. It’s a romantic comedy. You have to do this or it will be one of the biggest regrets of your life.
After returning to blockbuster filmmaking with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, McConaughey has returned to more modest budget fare, starring in everything from Gus Van Sant's The Sea of Trees to Gary Ross' Free State of Jones. Recent years have seen a variety of misses in his filmography, however, as his adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower was widely panned and underperformed at the box office.
The past couple of years have been kinder to McConaughey thanks to his turns in Guy Ritchie's The Gentleman, on which he co-produced, and Illumination's Sing franchise, whose 2021 sequel became the tenth-highest-grossing film of its year with over $407 million grossed.
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