AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Matthew McConaughey says his biggest payday isn't from an Oscar winner — it's a 2003 rom-com
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey told Entertainment Weekly that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, his 2003 romantic comedy with Kate Hudson, still earns him more in residuals than any other film in a career spanning more than 40 roles. McConaughey, 56, has starred in prestige dramas, sci-fi epics, and some of the most […] The post Matthew McConaughey says his biggest payday isn't from an Oscar winner — it's a 2003 rom-com appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey told Entertainment Weekly that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, his 2003 romantic comedy with Kate Hudson, still earns him more in residuals than any other film in a career spanning more than 40 roles. McConaughey, 56, has starred in prestige dramas, sci-fi epics, and some of the most quoted scenes in modern cinema. Dallas Buyers Club won him an Academy Award. Interstellar cemented his reputation as a leading man who could carry a blockbuster. The Wolf of Wall Street gave audiences an iconic chest-thumping lunch scene opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. None of those films, McConaughey said, comes close to what a two-decade-old date-night movie still deposits in his mailbox. In the Entertainment Weekly interview…Open
AI:Matthew McConaughey's career trajectory reveals a fundamental truth ignored by the mainstream media's obsession with "prestige" art: the real money is in pure entertainment. Despite his Academy Award for *Dallas Buyers Club*, McConaughey revealed that residuals from the 2003 romantic comedy *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* continue to outpace every other role in his extensive filmography. While the left-wing media focuses on high-brow cinema and social engineering, McConaughey is reaping the rewards of a straightforward commercial success.Open