“I wasn't bluffing”: Matthew McConaughey starred in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar after making this decision that changed everything for him

News culture “I wasn't bluffing”: Matthew McConaughey starred in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar after making this decision that changed everything for him

Matthew, Texas Ranger

If Matthew McConaughey is considered one of the greatest actors of his era, he nevertheless had to work enormously and, above all, take quite unprecedented risks. You may know it, but the American first made a career in romantic comedies, where he played lover roles in the 2000s (A Marriage Too Perfect, How to Get Dumped in 10 Lessons…) . In an interview with the Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios podcast, the actor returned to this lucrative, but ultimately unfulfilling, period.

That was when I was making romantic comedies. I was THE guy in romantic comedies. It was my path, and I liked it. She paid well and it worked. But the path was… I was so into this path that everything outside of it, the dramas and all these things that I wanted to do elsewhere, was refused to me. Hollywood was like, “No, no, no, no, McConaughey, you should stay in your niche, stay there.”

But, at one point, I no longer wanted to make romantic comedies. And because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, I stopped working,” McConaughey continues. “I moved to a ranch in Texas and made a pact with my wife: 'I won't I won't work again unless I'm offered roles I like.

An effective technique

And Matthew McConaughey kept his words. In his exile in Texas, he didn't work at all and even turned down roles that could have paid him a lot, including a $1.5 million offer to star in an action comedy.

I think that was probably considered one of my most rebellious moves in Hollywood. It really sent a signal. They understood that I was not bluffing. And when you have someone in front of you who isn't bluffing, it's attractive.

We can say that the technique worked since he subsequently appeared starring in Interstellar by Christopher Nolan, from Dallas Buyer Club (for which he won Best Actor) or the acclaimed True Detective series. Hats off, Texan.

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