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Matthew McConaughey Reflects On Breaking Free From Rom-Coms And Turning Down 14 Million USD Project To Reinvent Himself: 'I Didn't Want To'
Matthew McConaughey has opened up about why he left Hollywood and moved to Texas for over two years in order to shed his "rom-com dude" image.
Recently, Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey commented on his drastic move to quit the overused stereotype that made him famous in the industry. During an episode of the Good Trouble podcast with athlete Nick Kyrgios, McConaughey recounted how he reached a turning point in his career when he chose to ignore offers that didn’t meet his expectations. He reflected on his attempts to shed the rom-com typecast.
According to McConaughey, whatever achievement is rewarded with an avalanche of options for the future to follow, an ‘yes’ syndrome, only leads to mediocrity. He added that one of the most important skills when developing personally is to be able to set limits with oneself and others.
The Interstellar star said, "If you have some level of success and access, 'No' becomes more important than yes. Because, I mean, we all look around and see we’ve overleveraged our life with yeses and gone, geez, oh, man, I’m making C-minuses and all that sh*t in my life because I said yes to too many things."
As far as his performance in the romantic comedies The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is concerned, McConaughey reflected on his career prospects during that time and did not regret that phase since it was profitable and enjoyable. But slowly he started getting bored of being typecast as the "rom-com dude," as he was not challenged enough in that restrictive lane of romantic comedies, and it was time for a dramatic change.
He said, "I was so strong in that lane that anything outside of that lane, dramas, and stuff that I wanted to do was like, no, no, no, no, no, no McConaughey. Hollywood said, no, no, no, no, you should stay there, stay there."
Knowing that Hollywood has a certain view of him, McConaughey made a resolve not to be swayed by the stereotypes. "I didn’t want to. So, since I couldn’t do what I wanted to do, I stopped doing what I was doing," McConaughey added.
He and Camila Alves McConaughey, his spouse, were living in their ranch in Texas when he decided to take an oath that he would not take any further roles unless he wanted to. For about twenty-four months he refused all offers and attention as everything was an attempt to move his career in a new direction.
In this period, McConaughey turned down several considerable offers, including an action comedy role for which he was offered 14.5 million USD because it did not appeal to him. "I think that was the one that was probably what was seen as the most rebellious move in Hollywood by me because it really sent the signal that he ain’t f**king bluffing," the Sing actor thought. This move transformed how the industry viewed him over time.
However, the process was long and daunting, but for Matthew McConaughey, it was worth the wait. He had the opportunity to star in high-grossing and successful movies like Mud, Interstellar, and Dallas Buyers Club, which later won him an Oscar for Best Actor in 2014.
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