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Matthew McConaughey on "Failure to Launch"

Thursday March 9, 2006
Matthew McConaughey stars as Tripp, a 35-year-old boat broker who has just never felt the desire to leave his parents' home in the romantic comedy "Failure to Launch." (Photo © Paramount Pictures)

McConaughey's no stranger to the romantic comedy genre and has gathered a substantial female following. Let's face it. Women absolutely love McConaughey in romantic comedies. But McConaughey's also built up a masculine fan base with starring roles in action films and dramas. How does he manage to straddle the line and not alienate either sex with his role choices? McConaughey said, "That's a good question because the romantic comedies I don't like are ones that I go in - and some women will like them - but I'll go in, I'll go, 'Oh, geez, man. I mean, you completely got castrated in the thing. You got de-masculated in the whole thing.'" Read On...
  • Matthew McConaughey on "Failure to Launch," Relationships, and Romantic Comedies

  • "Failure to Launch" Photo Gallery


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  • Sarah Jessica Parker Talks "Failure to Launch"
    Sarah Jessica Parker hasn't had any problem filling up her free time now that she's done with her TV series, "Sex and the City." Parker's gone back to making movies (it's hard to believe she's been acting since the mid-1970s) and is having a blast. "I'm loving it," reports Parker. "I mean, it's terrifying every single time. It's much more comfortable to walk onto a set of people you know and environments you're really familiar with and places where you feel like you're part of the conversation and collaboration, but it's thrilling simultaneously to be terrified. It's thrilling to be challenged." Read On...
  • Sarah Jessica Parker Talks About "Failure to Launch"

  • "Failure to Launch" Movie Credits

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