Matthew McConaughey has defended rom-coms. He said that criticism of the genre is 'completely unfair ' because the movies 'are what they are'.
Speaking to GQ, he said: 'These things aren't easy. What's hard is to make them look easy. Those kinds of movies are what they are. They get pooh-poohed by critics. They get pooh-poohed by actors themselves. And in a way I get it, but in other ways it's completely unfair. There's a buoyancy you need to make them work. I believe I gave them buoyancy. And some of the shoots were very difficult, with me trying to fight for the balls on the guy.
'What's a romantic comedy? Boy meets girl. They get together. Something happens. Girl takes off. Boy chases girl. They get back together. The end. A lot of times the male is somewhat emasculated, meaning he has to crawl back and say, 'I'm nothing without you. If you don't take me back, I'm nothing.' And I was always like, 'what girl wants that guy?'
Matthew starred in How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days before going on to win an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club.
