Matthew McConaughey Says He Turned Down 14.5 Million To Star In Another Romantic Comedy

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Matthew McConaughey is opening up about leaving romantic comedies behind in his new memoir, “Greenlights”. The 50-year-old actor wrote about how romantic comedies were great for him during the 2010s, starring in such movies as The Wedding Planner, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, among others.

But after a decade starring in them, he was looking for other things. “The romantic comedies remained my only consistent box office hits, which made them my only consistent incoming offers,” he wrote. “For me personally, I enjoyed being able to give people a nitty-minute breezy romantic getaway from the stress of their lives where they didn’t have to think about anything, just watch the boy chase the girl, fall down,