Name: How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Genre: Comedy

Possible Sequel Chances To Matthew McConaughey's 2003 Rom-Com Movie Gets Response From Co-Star Kate Hudson

By Hannah Gearan

Published Jul 19, 2024

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Kate Hudson discusses the potential for a sequel to How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. The 2003 movie stars Hudson alongside Matthew McConaughey, the latter of whom plays a man named Benjamin Barry, who works as an advertising executive and has the hubris to believe that he can make a woman fall in love with him in only 10 days. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was directed by Donald Petrie, and in addition to Hudson and McConaughey, features a leading cast including Adam Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Thomas Lennon, and Michael Michele.

Speaking with Watch What Happens Live (via Deadline), Hudson discusses the possibility of making a sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Hudson says she believes a How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days sequel was always being thought about, even if it never came to fruition. For a sequel to be made, the actor believes that "all that matters would be the script and if Matthew [McConaughey] and [her] would be into the script." If these conditions were met, Hudson suggested that she would be open to ing the project. Check out the full quote from Hudson below:

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Since then, McConaughey's career has shifted significantly in of genre. While there are exceptions, the actor's work in the last decade has included more serious, dramatic projects, including Interstellar, True Detective season 1, and The Sea of Trees. Even his comedic work is more in the realm of dark comedy, such as The Gentlemen. The actor's works include other dramatic tales, such as the films The Rivals of Amziah King and The Lost Bus.

A How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days sequel would be a departure from McConaughey's current trends. If he were to make a sequel, or any romantic comedy for that matter, it would be a return to roots for the actor, who has strayed away from the genre as he has continued his career. Even if there are no active plans for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2 in the works, it would make for an interesting sequel if Hudson and McConaughey are as open as the former would seem to suggest.