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Matthew McConaughey once turned down $14.5 million film offer after making eye-opening realization about his career

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Published 11:31 9 May 2024 GMT+1

Matthew McConaughey once turned down $14.5 million film offer after making eye-opening realization about his career

The How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days actor has revealed why he stopped doing rom-coms from 2010 even when offered the big bucks

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Featured Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images / Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb

Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film and TV, Matthew McConaughey, Money, US News, Hollywood

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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