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Matt Bomer is an actor known for starring in projects likeWhite Collar,Fellow Travelers,and,Magic Mike.Being an openly gay actor in the early 2000s, Bomer recently talked about a certain Superman role that he continuously auditioned for but was ultimately rejected.
Well, in a recent interview, Bomer talked about a canceled Superman project back in the early 2000s titledSuperman: Flyby.The actor, however, claimed that he was the director’s favorite choice for the role, but because he was publicly outed as a gay person, Bomer was dropped out of the project!
Matt Bomer Was Supposed To Portray The Role of Superman!
With a script by J.J. Abrams, a Superman project in the early 2000s was announced titledSuperman: Flyby.The project had the entirety of Hollywood auditioning for the lead role of Clark Kent aka Superman and Matt Bomer was one of them.
Being an openly gay actor since the early 2000s, Bomer has actively and proudly embraced his se*uality rather than be closeted. Although it might be good for the actor, Matt Bomer revealed that his preferences led him to drop out of the Superman project!
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In a recent interview withTHR’s Awards ChatterPodcast, the actor revealed that he felt as if he was the director’s favorite choice for Superman.
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.
When he was asked about his opinion on whether his se*ual preferences led to him being dropped out of the project, here’s what Bomer had to reply.
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.
Although the actor may or may not be right, it cannot be said with surety that Bomer was dropped solely on the basis of his se*uality. In another interview,The Mummystar Brendan Fraser talked about the infamous canceled Superman project.
During his talks, the actor mentioned that the whole of Hollywood was after the role of Superman. From big celebrity names like Paul Walker to TV stars likeMatt Bomer, everyone was in line for the role of Clark Kent!
Brendan Fraser, Hollywood, AndSuperman: Flyby
Yes, the project was indeed titledSuperman: Flyby(Brendan Fraser confirmed it in another interview). In the early 2000s, Paul Walker had found fame withThe Fast & The Furious,Brendan FraserwithThe Mummy,and, David Boreanaz inBuffy the Vampire Slayer.
Naturally, the three of them were heavily considered for the role of Superman in the project. Matt Bomer was also one of the actors in the race for the role. In an interview with Howard Stern onThe Howard Stern Show, Fraser revealed that everyone was crazy behind the project.
Of course, it’s a life-changing, amazing opportunity. But I had to reconcile with, ‘Okay, say you do get the job to be the Man of Steel. It’s going to be chipped on your gravestone. Are you okay with that?
Brendan Fraser further continued that the only reason he didn’t take on the role was because of the permanent tattoo of Superman that would be stuck with him forever.
You will forevermore be known as the Man of Steel.’ There was a sort of Faustian bargain that went into [the] feeling. And I think inherently I didn’t want to be known for only one thing, because I prided myself on diversity my whole professional life. I’m not a one-trick pony.”
Well, due to some reasons,Superman: Flybywas shelved and then Bryan Singer picked up his project titledSuperman Returnsin 2006. The role of Clark Kent eventually went to Brandon Routh and then later on to Henry Cavill.
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Being one of the more famous iterations of Superman, the 2006 film received a rating of 6.1/10 on IMDB and an average of 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.Superman Returnsis available to stream on Max in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
