2012 Movie News Archives

October 21, 2012: Claim that Matt Bomer Being Gay Cost Him Superman Role

Matt Bomer In an interview with GaydarRadio.com, famed author Jackie Collins claims that the reason actor Matt Bomer missed out on the role of Superman was because of his sexuality.

    "Matt Bomer, who is the most gorgeous guy ... was up for the role of Superman. He had not come out of the closet but people in the know knew he was gay. He lives down the street from a friend of mine. She knew, and I knew. His audition tape went in and they called up the agent. Somebody didn't like him and told them he was gay. They said, 'No, no. We can't cast you'. The reason he didn't get cast was because he was gay."

I think that's an interesting claim seeing as how Bomer was one of the actors up for the role prior to 2006's "Superman Returns", which was directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, who are all openly gay. Matt Bomer actually played Superman in two Toyota Japan Prius TV commercials in 2009 (#1 & #2).

You can listen to the interview at GaydarRadio.com.



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