On the set of the famous rom-com How to Get Dumped in 10 Days, the chemistry between Matthew McConaughey and co-star Kate Hudson was immediate. The actor recalled their first meeting, admitting that he easily found an understanding with his colleague.
Between romantic comedies most famous of the early 2000s, one cannot fail to mention How to get dumped in 10 days (2003), starring young people Matthew McConaughey And Kate Hudson. The star of Dallas Buyers Clubinterviewed by People on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the magazine, he recalled the time spent on the set with his co-star. Furthermore, he revealed that getting in tune with the Californian actress was as easy as drinking a glass of water.
In phase of casting, McConaughey said, in fact the crew couldn’t know if the chemistry between him and Kate would work. It was their first film together and, before then, they had never met. Would the chemistry have clicked, thus making the rom-com exciting and engaging?
“I remember we met Lynda Obst at the Paramount” said the actor Oscar Prize. The paths of McConaughey and the producer would cross again about ten years later, since Obst also worked on Intestellar (2014) by Christopher Nolan.
Those castings and meetings, especially for romantic comedies, work like this: you want to see the chemistry between the two leads. You want to see what the jive is like. We’re not reading the script, we’re not reading the lines. We tested each other, we teased each other and we laughed a lot. And there was some rock and roll back and forth that made us think, ‘Oh, this could be some heavyweight fun.’ I think that’s why I was chosen and that’s why, in some ways, it worked.
How to get dumped in 10 days tells the story of Andie Anderson (Hudson): journalist of the women’s periodical Composure Magazine looking for a great story for his readers. The opportunity presents itself when, during a meeting to choose the topics for the new issue of the magazine, she is entrusted with the article: “How to get dumped in ten days”. At stake is the long-awaited career advancement
Benjamin Berry (Matthew McConaughey), on the other hand, is an established advertiser specializing in sporting goods, who would like to take on the project of an important client. It’s a shame that two colleagues also had their eyes on the same campaign.
Part like this one wager: Ben has to prove he knows what a woman wants. How? He will have to make a girl fall in love with him in ten days. If he succeeds, the campaign will be his. By a fortuitous coincidence of fate, Andie and Ben run into each other and, unaware of their respective goals, they begin to date. They complete the cast of the film Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Bill Kotsatos, David Macniven, Annie Parisse, Justin Peroff And Kathryn Hahn.
In the same interview, Matthew McConaughey he also mentioned another very famous diva with whom he played a romantic comedy: Jennifer Lopez. The two were protagonists of Sooner or later I’ll get married (2001), in which the pop star played the role of Mary. The latter is a wedding planner allergic to the idea of marriage who might change her mind when she meets the handsome doctor Steve (McConaughey).
The attraction is immediately triggered but, unfortunately, Mary will discover that the man is the groom of the wedding she is organizing at that moment. “I have never seen someone able to choreograph a scene so cleanly and clearly and actually achieve the coordination of a scene” commented the actor, praising his colleague’s professionalism.
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