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Matthew McConaughey<\/a> said recently that a random man he met on the street, who claimed to be a fortuneteller, gave him the impetus to accept his role as Benjamin Barry in the classic romantic comedy “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I remember considering whether I was going to do it or not one night while on a walk down Sunset Boulevard when suddenly, this guy comes up out of nowhere to me\u2014he was a fortuneteller guru [and] goes, \u2018Can I tell you your fortune real quick?\u2019 I was like, ‘Yeah, man. Sure,\u2019” the 53-year-old actor told Vanity Fair in an article published Thursday celebrating the movie\u2019s 20th anniversary.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

McConaughey continued, “He immediately goes, \u2018There\u2019s a movie you\u2019re considering right now. It\u2019s a romantic comedy.<\/a> You have to do this or it will be one of the biggest regrets of your life. It is going to be a blast, it is going to be an incredible experience and it is going to make a bunch of money.\u2019”<\/p>\n

The “Interstellar” actor said he wondered, “Did the studio hire this guy? I laughed at the thought, but I also remember taking a more serious consideration. I think I even accepted the offer the next day.”<\/p>\n

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Producer Linda Obst told the magazine that a talent agent initially suggested McConaughey to her.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m like, \u2018Well, Matthew McConaughey is so Texan, but it\u2019s kind of genius.\u2019 So that\u2019s in the back of my head. Now we\u2019re in the meeting and [then-Paramount President] Sherry [Lansing] says to Kate [Hudson], ‘We have to bring this to a head. We have to find an actor that we both agree with.'”<\/p>\n

Obst said she suggested McConaughey. “And then Sherry said, \u2018Matthew McConaughey.\u2019 And Kate said, \u2018Matthew McConaughey.\u2019 And John Goldman said, \u2018Matthew McConaughey.\u2019 Everybody just looked at each other, and Kate said, \u2018I would do it with him.\u2019”<\/p>\n

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Originally Gwyneth Paltrow \u2013 not Kate Hudson<\/a> \u2013 was expected to play the part of journalist Andie Anderson.<\/p>\n

“There was an agent at CAA who actually represented\u00a0Gwyneth Paltrow\u00a0at the time\u2014his name is\u00a0David Lonner\u2014and we were having a fun lunch, and he said, \u2018Oh, you would love this project that Gwyneth is thinking of getting involved with. It\u2019s at Paramount and there\u2019s no script yet,\u2019” Obst said. “I was like, \u2018Oh, well, I\u2019m at Paramount, and I like Gwyneth.\u2019 So then I called my studio and I said, \u2018There\u2019s something called this,\u00a0\u2018How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.\u2019 It really sounds fun.'”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Writer Burr Steers said at some point Paltrow\u00a0“must have had a conflict and had to pull out.”<\/p>\n

Obst added that she and Lansing were “madly in love” with Hudson at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s clearly after\u00a0\u2018Almost Famous.\u2019 I just remember, we turned to each other like, \u2018This has to be Kate. She\u2019s hilarious,\u2019” she said. “And so Kate got attached.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hudson said while there\u2019s no imminent plans for a sequel she would love to work with McConaughey again.<\/p>\n

“My hope is that [Andie and Ben] are happy, they\u2019ve got a bunch of kids, they got married, and they\u2019re still playing Bulls— with his parents,” she told Vanity Fair. “If there was a sequel, I\u2019m sure there would be some conflict in there somewhere.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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