Matthew McConaughey has a long history of romantic comedies under his belt. But if he had to rate them, there’s one that he’d leave at the bottom of the list.
Asked to rank three of his movies — 2001’sThe Wedding Planner, 2003’sHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,and 2006’sFailure to Launch —from best to worst during a tough round of the Bravo talk show’s famous Plead the Fifth game, McConaughey didn’t flinch.
“SoHow to Lose a Guy…that film has been my greatest mailbox money of any film,” McConaughey said of the film, which co-starred Kate Hudson (and, as Cohen boasted, often plays on Bravo). “It is always on and there’s always this great little check that shows up in the mail fromHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I did that however many years ago!”
That leftThe Wedding Planner,his vehicle withJennifer Lopez,andFailure to Launch, which he starred in alongside Sarah Jessica Parker.
So which got the bottom pick?
“Let’s goHow to Lose a Guy…,then let’s goFailure to LaunchthenThe Wedding Planner,” he said.
The Wedding Planner.Ron Batzdorff/Columbia/Intermedia/Pacifica/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
PuttingThe Wedding Plannerat the bottom of the list was shocking, considering the movie was a box office smash — landing at No. 1 upon its release.
Those three choices are, of course, just a trio of rom-coms in which McConaughey has starred. Other films include 2008’sFool’s Goldand 2009’sGhosts of Girlfriends Past.
Despite winning the hearts of rom-com fans everywhere,McConaughey walked away from the genre afterGhosts of Girlfriends Pastin an effort to find more serious roles.
“My agent did a good job saying no, no, no,” he toldThe Guardianin January 2017 of turning down other rom-com scripts. “Then the studios got the message and quit sending them.”
With those roles gone, McConaughey admitted that the work dried up. “There was an impasse of nothing. And there was nothing for about eight months. The anxiety was in how long will it be dry, how long will we get nothing,” he said, adding that he remembered thinking, “This shakes my floor a bit.”
Eventually, his patience paid off when he landed roles in the lower-budget filmsKiller JoeandMagic Mike, among others. By 2014, he took the Academy Awards stage as an Oscar winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of AIDS activist Ron Woodroof inDallas Buyers Club.
Meanwhile, elsewhere onWWHL, McConaughey recalled his audition forTitanic.
“The audition went really well!” he said. “Well enough where when I left I was being glad handed and slapped on the back. ‘This is what we were looking for.’ Well enough where you get outside, you call your agent and you go, ‘Oh, I nailed it.’ ”
Of course, he didn’t end up getting the part — with the role of Jack eventually going toLeonardo DiCaprio. “It worked out for the best,” McConaughey joked.
source: people.com
