Superman: Matt Bomer Wants People To Stop ‘Victim Narrative’ Over Him Losing DC Role

Actor Matt Bomer recently urged people to stop creating a “victim narrative” around him by claiming that he lost the opportunity to portray Superman due to his sexuality. This was a criticism leveled specifically at an outlet that claimed that Bomer publicly addressing his sexual orientation was a “painful turn of events” and that it “lost him the title role” as the Man of Steel. Notably, Bomer came out as gay while delivering a speech at an awards ceremony in 2012 and referred to his publicist husband, Simon Halls, and their three children as his “proudest accomplishment.”

Matt Bomer slams people using ‘victim narrative’ over him losing Superman role

Bomer refuted the notion that he was a “victim” for not being cast as Superman in a DC project in a since-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter). He wrote, “This conversation had nothing to do with Superman, so please stop painting me into a victim narrative for your own clickbait. 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.” (via Deadline)

During a June 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, Bomer disclosed that he had auditioned to portray Superman in the early 2000s for the since-canceled project based on J.J. Abrams’ script, Superman: Flyby. “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. This is a very early iteration of Superman written by J.J. Abrams, called Superman: Flyby, I think is what it was called, and it never came to light.”

The director Bomer mentioned here was Brett Ratner. Per Entertainment Weekly, Bomer was indeed Ratner’s pick for Superman. The White Collar actor also revealed that he signed a three-picture deal with the studio. However, studio executives reportedly wanted a well-known movie star like Brendan Fraser for the role and, because of this, Ratner exited the project. When asked by THR whether his sexuality had anything to do studio’s hesitation to hire him, Bomer said, “Yeah, that’s my understanding.”

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net