Matt Bomer is talking out in opposition to what he sees because the “weaponization” of sexuality in Hollywood.
Bomer revealed throughout The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast that he allegedly misplaced out on touchdown the lead position for axed DC movie “Superman: Flyby” after being outed as homosexual.
“It seemed like I used to be the director’s selection for the position,” Bomer mentioned. “I signed a three-picture deal at Warner Bros.”
When requested on the podcast whether or not his sexual orientation affected his casting, Bomer mentioned, “Yeah, that’s my understanding. That was a time within the trade when one thing like that might nonetheless actually be weaponized in opposition to you. How, and why, and who [outed me], I don’t know.”
Bomer even exited CBS cleaning soap opera “Guiding Mild” amid the audition course of for “Superman: Flyby.”
“I went in on a cattle name for ‘Superman,’ [which] was a one-month audition expertise the place I used to be auditioning time and again and once more,” Bomer mentioned. “On ‘Guiding Mild,’ there was a killer on the town, […] so the manager producer, very kindly, wished to free me up simply in case the [Superman] job got here by. So [the ‘Guiding Light’ producer] mentioned, ‘Hey, you’re going to be the killer. We’re writing you off the present; go together with my blessing.’ So, I mainly bought fired, however in a beneficiant approach.”
“Superman: Flyby” was later shelved at Warner Bros. The movie was speculated to be directed by J. J. Abrams. As an alternative, Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns” was launched in 2006 and starred fellow cleaning soap opera alum Brandon Routh because the titular superhero.
Learn Bomer’s IndieWire interview for IW Honors celebrating his new collection “Fellow Vacationers” right here.
Bomer isn’t the one actor who virtually performed Superman: Nicolas Cage infamously was speculated to star in Tim Burton’s “Superman Lives” and Jacob Elordi instructed GQ that he turned down studying for a Superman position for an unnamed undertaking.
“Effectively, they requested me to learn for Superman,” Elordi mentioned in a canopy story for the Man of the 12 months problem. “That was instantly, ‘No, thanks.’ That’s an excessive amount of. That’s too darkish for me.”
James Gunn’s “Superman” reboot “Superman: Legacy” will star David Corenswet because the superhero and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. The movie has a July 11, 2025 launch date.