Matt Bomer Says He Lost Superman Role After Being Outed as Gay | Matt Bomer, Superman | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Matt Bomer was very near enjoying Superman.

The 46-year-old Fellow Vacationers actor was set to play the DC superhero in a Warner Bros. film again within the early 2000s, however he says he misplaced the position as a result of he was outed as homosexual.

“I went in on a cattle name for Superman, after which it became a one-month audition expertise the place I used to be auditioning time and again and once more,” Matt recalled on THR’s Awards Chatter podcast.

Hold studying to search out out extra…“It appeared like I used to be the director’s alternative for the position,” Matt continued. “This can be a very early iteration of Superman written by J.J. Abrams, referred to as Superman: Flyby, I feel is what it was referred to as, and it by no means got here to gentle.”

When requested if his sexuality was the explanation why he misplaced the position, Matt responded, “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, I don’t know, however yeah, that’s my understanding.”

Superman: Flyby was later shelved by Warner Bros. As a substitute, Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns was launched in 2006 and starred Brandon Routh.

Matt publicly got here out as homosexual when he thanked husband Simon Corridor and their three sons throughout an acceptance speech for his Steve Chase Humanitarian Award.

It was just lately introduced that Matt and these two different stars might be returning for the White Collar reboot!