Matthew McConaughey says a ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ sequel isn’t off the table

The rom com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was an instant classic when it hit cinemas back in 2003 and it’s still a fan favourite to this day, even if star Matthew McConaughey swore off rom-coms 10 years ago and hasn’t appeared in one since.But when asked if he would be open to a sequel that revisits what happened after Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barry kissed on the Brooklyn bridge, Matthew was surprisingly open to the idea.“Possibly," he told E!’s Daily Pop. "I mean, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is teed up, you know, teed up for one that you could easily do a sequel. And that was a really good one. As far as romantic comedies go, that was a really good one."[video_embed id='2063141']RELATED: Matthew McConaughey opens up about how his parents' marriage affected his own[/video_embed]"And it lasts!" he continued with a smile. "People still love that one. I enjoyed that one quite a bit."How To…. (which was partially filmed in Toronto) came out during a time in Matthew’s life when he was rom-com’s golden boy, starring in a string of hits like The Wedding Planner, Failure To Launch, Fool’s Gold, and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past. He had previously had major hits in the '90s with political dramas like A Time To Kill, Amistad, and Contact, but as he writes in his new memoir entitled Greenlights (which just became a New York Times best-seller, no less!) he turned down a huge payday in order to shake up his career.

 

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“The romantic comedies remained my only consistent box office hits, which made them my only consistent incoming offers,” he writes. “For me personally, I enjoyed being able to give people a ninety-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, then get up and finally get her. I had taken the baton from Hugh Grant, and I ran with it.”The Dazed and Confused star continues, saying he, “enjoyed making romantic comedies, and their paychecks rented the houses on the beach I ran shirtless on,” but soon he felt like he wanted movie fans to remember his serious acting chops, and decided to say goodbye to the genre.That meant turning down the biggest paycheque of his career at that point: a $14.5 million fee in 2010 to make another rom-com. “I declined the offer,” is all the 50-year-old actor writes, not revealing which rom-com he axed. “If I couldn’t do what I wanted, I wasn’t going to do what I didn’t, no matter the price.”“No, I never regretted that," he told E’s Daily Pop. "I was very clear... look, intellectually, that was a hard one to say 'no' to. Just looking at that sheer number—are you kidding me? Wow. But I knew I needed to remain on my sabbatical from the films I had been doing for my own soul. And so, no, I never regretted it. But boy, saying 'no' to that really solidified my stance for myself. I was like, okay, I'm not breaking now."After 2010, he appeared in Magic Mike and True Detective, but his choice to be taken more seriously paid off in even greater ways when he won the Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, which was quickly followed by his role in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. He made a head-turning appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street, and starred in a series of character-driven projects such as Bernie, Killer Joe, and Mud. He recently shared the screen with his rom-com rival Hugh Grant in the Guy Ritchie caper The Gentlemen.But now knowing that a How To… sequel isn’t off the table, might we be seeing Andie and Benjamin pick up the mics again for another duet of “You’re So Vain?”Apparently, Matthew and co-star Kate Hudson occasionally hang out for some good old-fashioned karaoke fun. He said they’ve sung together for fun "a few times and it'll probably happen again.""She's quicker for the mic for karaoke than I am," he added. "But she's pulled me in before."Now that that’s settled, here’s something to ponder: why did Matthew name his memoir “Greenlights” and not “I’ll Write I’ll Write I’ll Write!”Think about it.[video_embed id='2064209']Before you go: Matthew McConaughey reveals the hilarious story behind his iconic line, ‘Alright, alright, alright’[/video_embed]