Matthew McConaughey shocked Hollywood when he ran away from a salary that most actors would never dream of refusing.
The Oscar winner unveiled on Steven Bartlett’s podcast The diary of a CEO That he once rejected $ 14.5 million because he wanted to change the direction of his career.
Matthew explained that after strong versions in films such as A time to kill” Contact and AmistadHollywood placed him in the romantic comedies of the back.
The Interstellar Star played in hits like The wedding planner” How to lose a man in 10 days, Failing to launch and spirits of the girlfriend’s past.
Despite the success of these films, Matthew said he was not satisfied.
“I got quantity, but I didn’t get the quality,” he told Bartlett.
“What I want to do is dramas, but Hollywood will not offer me, no matter how large I take a wage reduction. If I can’t do what I want to do, I will stop doing what I have done.”
He asked his agent to stop sending him Rom com scripts and he later stepped away from the spotlights.
Offers delayed until a studio tried to lure him back with a new action comedy, because the wage started at $ 8 million, when to $ 10 million, $ 12 million and ultimately $ 14.5 million.
Matthew admitted that he was thinking about it, but still refused. “I think I say no to that range of $ 14.5 million … the message sent through Hollywood,” Oh, McConaughey is not bluffing. “
However, the risk has paid off and by 2011 the iconic star was back with challenging roles in Bernie, Killer Joe and the Lincoln lawyer.
Matthew then played in Mud” Interstellar” Real detective” Dallas -Kopers Club and the gentlemen.
