Matt Bomer on dropping ‘Superman’ position
Matt Bomer is setting the document straight—and doing it with the identical poise and style that’s made him a fan-favorite for years.
Whereas some longtime supporters should dream of him hovering throughout Metropolis in a cape, Bomer has formally moved on from the Superman that might’ve been, and he is extra centered on celebrating his current.
The actor, now starring within the Hulu comedy Mid-Century Trendy, just lately addressed a resurfaced narrative that claimed he misplaced the Superman position resulting from being publicly outed.
One outlet referred to it as a “painful turn of events,” which didn’t sit proper with Bomer. In a since-deleted put up on X, he gave the story a little bit truth-lasso remedy.
“This conversation had nothing to do with Superman, so please stop painting me into a victim narrative for your own clickbait,” he wrote.
“I love my career and wouldn’t change a thing about it. The conversation we had was about a lack of journalistic integrity, and now you’ve done the same thing. Please do better. I wish you the best always, Matt.”
Bomer, who publicly got here out in 2012, beforehand shared that he had as soon as been severely thought-about for a Superman reboot.
In June 2024, he advised The Hollywood Reporter about his audition course of for Superman: Flyby, a model of the movie scripted by J.J. Abrams that in the end by no means took off.
“I went in on a cattle call for Superman, and then it turned into a one-month audition experience where I was auditioning again and again and again,” he recalled.
“It looked like I was the director’s choice for the role.”
When requested immediately if his sexuality performed a task within the studio’s choice to cross on him, Bomer was candid.
“Yeah, that’s my understanding. That was a time in the industry when something like that could still really be weaponized against you. How, and why, and who, I don’t know, but yeah, that’s my understanding.”
However as an alternative of trying again with bitterness, Bomer is all in regards to the right here and now—particularly, his position as Jerry Frank, a homosexual ex-Mormon flight attendant, in Mid-Century Trendy.
Talking in regards to the position to Deadline, Bomer couldn’t assist however gush. “I cannot tell you how liberating it is to play a character without shame,” he mentioned.
