How Matthew McConaughey dropped his rom-com shirtless guy label

Read full article here: https://readnews.io/0dr2m4 Matthew McConaughey turned down roles for 20 months to transition from rom-coms to more serious films. So Im rolling in rom-coms, theyre very successful. Im the rom-com guy, McConaughey, 50, recently said on Barstool Sports Pardon My Take podcast. Theyre fun, theyre easy, I like doing them, they pay well, theyre paying for the rent of my house on the beach that Im running around surfing shirtless on. Im like going, hell yeah. But that all changed once he met his wife Camila Alves. All of a sudden my life is more full than its ever been. My life is vital man, Ive had a newborn. Im finally a father. Ive met the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. You know, I laugh louder, I love harder, I have more rage, I have more joy, life is just full But in my work, Im feeling kind of like ehh I can get another rom-com, I could do that tomorrow morning, he said. When actor realized he wasnt fulfilled by the films hed been starring in, he decided to decline any roles that would keep him pigeonholed. Those movies I wanted to do, they were like, No, not with you McConaughey youre the rom-com shirtless guy, were not gonna let you do this movie. he said, adding, So I said if I cant do what I want to do, Im going to quit doing what Ive been doing. For six months he turned down several roles that promised big paychecks and only then did Hollywood get the message. So another year goes by. Nothing comes in. Nothing comes in. I talk to my agent every couple of weeks. Its just like nothing. Nothing, he said. A total of 20 months went by and all of a sudden, Killer Joe comes my way, Mud comes my way, Magic Mike comes my way, The Paperboy, True Detective, I can get Dallas Buyers Club made. He continued, All of a sudden, these movies and this run that I went on come to me. Ultimately