By Ryan J. Downey
Matthew Goode, the English heartthrob who earned rave reviews for his role as Colin Firth's lover in "A Single Man," didn't mince words about some of his less well-received movie choices in a recent interview with the UK's Telegraph.
Matthew admitted that he chose to costar in "Leap Year" mainly because the film's Ireland location offered him a chance to shoot home to England on weekends. "It wasn't because of the script, trust me."
Calling the romantic comedy (in which he plays opposite Amy Adams) "turgid," he added: "I just know that there are a lot of people who will say it is the worst film of 2010."
"I was told it was going to be like 'The Quiet Man' with a Vaughan Williams soundtrack, but in the end, it turned out to have pop music all over it. A bit like 'Chasing Liberty' again," he said, referencing the 2004 Mandy Moore vehicle that introduced him to American audiences. "Do I feel I let myself down? No. Was it a bad job? Yes, it was. But, you know, I had a nice time and I got paid."
Matt made no apologies for his straightforward answers, pointing instead to the often confining "rules" about publicity that constrict actors. "It saddens me that the romanticism has been ripped out of being an actor. It wasn't like that in Peter O'Toole's time, was it?"
"Because of the way my repartee comes out, people tend to think that I don't care," he told the Telegraph. "Actually, it's often just a result of my being in a situation where I'm embarrassed about having to talk about a film which I don't think is that brilliant — but obviously I can't say that. I do think that it's important that one should be able to speak out without worrying about causing offense, or whatever."
Did you see "Leap Year"? Do you think Matthew's claims are true or totally off?
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