20 actors who rejected typecasting and reinvented themselves

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12. Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey (Image via Getty)
Matthew McConaughey (Image via Getty)

Matthew McConaughey won the ladies’ hearts as the handsome protagonist with a charming smile in a string of romantic comedies such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and more. He became typecast as the cocky hunk who gets the girl. The actor reinvented himself with for darker roles in films such as The Lincoln Lawyer and True Detective, besides an Oscar-winning act in Dallas Buyers Club.

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Edited by Vinayak Chakravorty