{"id":5845,"date":"2026-08-13T23:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:10:51","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-says-acting-in-the-wedding-planner-with-jennifer-lopez-saved-him-from-being-searched-at-u-s-mexico-border-they-let-me-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5845","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in \u2018The Wedding Planner\u2019 With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: \u2018They Let Me Go\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nMatthew McConaughey revealed on the \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001\u2019s \u201cThe Wedding Planner\u201d ended up getting him out of a \u201cmajor mess-up\u201d at the U.S.-Mexico border. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5843\">Tyler Duckworth, \u2018The Challenge\u2019 Reality Show Winner, Dies at 44<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI pull in one late night crossing the border going way down south,\u201d the actor recalled. \u201cI get pulled over, and it\u2019s one of those pull overs. They noticed me and I\u2019m the gringo in the truck. I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh jeez. Get the wallet out. Here we go.\u2019 It was going down and then I brought up, \u2018Do you guys know Jennifer Lopez? Ever see \u2018The Wedding Planner\u2019? Yeah, that was me.\u2019 They all went off\u2026 we ended up taking pictures together and they let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe Wedding Planner\u201d marked the first rom-com success off McConaughey\u2019s career with $94 million at the global box office. He went on to become a titan of the genre in the 2000s with hits like \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,\u201d \u201cFailure To Launch,\u201d \u201cFool\u2019s Gold\u201d and \u201cGhosts of Girlfriends Past\u201d all surpassing or coming close to the $100 million mark. McConaughey said on the podcast that \u201cHow to Lose a Guy\u201d was the peak of his rom-com tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI think it\u2019s, probably, my favorite rom-com I\u2019ve done and a lot of people love that rom-com,\u201d the Oscar winner said. \u201cAnd it still pays the best mailbox money of any film I\u2019ve ever done. By far. By lengths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen it used to be just DVDs or cable, every March I\u2019d get a big check because Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d McConaughey added. \u201cBut, I mean, look: the movie for me, for that genre, let me just own that genre. \u2018How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u2019 is real anchor in the in the rom-com genre through time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5841\">Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Beneficiary of $21.7 Million Stock Sale as Paramount Merger Is Stuck on Hold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMcConaughey revealed on the\u00a0\u201cGood Trouble\u201d podcast in 2024\u00a0that he abandoned Hollywood and moved his family to Texas when the industry refused to let him branch out of the rom-com genre. The actor made a conscious decision at the time to stop acting in rom-coms and to take a break from Hollywood until he started getting more dramatic roles.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen I was rolling with the rom-coms, and I was the \u2018rom-com dude,\u2019 that was my lane and I liked that lane. That lane paid well, and it was working,\u201d McConaughey said at the time. \u201cI was so strong in that lane that anything outside that lane \u2013 dramas and stuff that I want[ed] to do \u2013 were like, \u2018No, no, no. No, McConaughey.\u2019 Hollywood said, \u2019No, no, no. You should stay there.\u2019 So, since I couldn\u2019t do what I wanted to do, I stopped doing what I was doing, and I moved down to the ranch in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMcConaughey\u00a0said in\u00a0an Interview magazine discussion\u00a0around the same time that \u201cit was scary\u201d to leave Hollywood while his career was so successful. He even infamously turned down a $14.5 million offer to make another rom-com. Fortunately, Hollywood ended up listening and offers for roles in movies such as \u201cMud,\u201d \u201cDallas Buyers Club,\u201d \u201cInterstellar\u201d and \u201cTrue Detective\u201d ultimately came in and altered the course of his career. McConaughey won the best actor Oscar for \u201cDallas Buyers Club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5839\">\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Star Noah Schnapp to Make Stage Debut in London (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatch McConaughey\u2019s full interview on the \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew McConaughey says acting with Jennifer Lopez in &#8220;The Wedding Planner&#8221; saved him from getting searched at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[844,4564,4565],"class_list":["post-5845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-the-wedding-planner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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