Matthew McConaughey made a great leap to be seen as a serious actor in Hollywood.
He Interstellar Star opened about making his way in the industry with bold movements that include saying no at $ 14.5 million paid checks, in a recent conversation in the last episode of The diary of a CEO podcast.
The 55 -year -old actor, known for his romantic comedy roles in “How to lose a boy in 10 days“My boyfriend has returned“And many more, they shared that they wanted to consider more serious acting roles and reinvent their image in the world of acting.
The multimillionaire offer for a romantic comedy role occurred after his decision to move to his ranch in Texas with his wife Camila Alves in the mid -2000s.
Matthew said it was 20 months without obtaining any offer, until finally a role of action comedy arrived.
“Offer of $ 8 million. I read it. I said: ‘No, thanks, that’s what I am not doing,” he recalled to receive Steven Bartlett. “They return with an offer of $ 10 million, ‘I am not reading that again, no thanks.’
“They return with an offer of $ 14.5 million. I said: ‘Let me read that again,” said Alegre. “I read it again, they are the same words that were in the offer of $ 8 million I said no, but I was better written.”
“It was more fun, I could see myself, I could make this work. Anyway, I finally said: ‘No.'”
“I think I say no to that offer of $ 14.5 million, a year in which I get out and tell me ‘no more romantic comedies’, I think that doing that I sent the message through Hollywood, ‘Oh, McConaughey is not rolling'”.
The first film in which he starred after the pause was the thriller/crime film of 2011, Lincoln’s lawyer.
Referring to their projects as Interstellar, murderer Joe, MUD, Dallas Buyers Club, Magic MikeAnd other serious roles, Matthew admitted that they would never have offered if he had continued to make romantic comedies.
“Would they have come if I had never left? No. No. they wouldn’t have done it,” he added.
