Matt Bomer Says His Sexuality Prevented Him From Landing Superman Role For J.J. Abrams

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Could Sean Penn make “Milk” today? It’s a question the actor answered himself, in a recent profile by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. “It could not happen in a time like this,” he said, of his performance as the slain gay politician.

J. Kim Murphy The Dark Knight returns. Prime Video has debuted the first trailer for “Batman: Caped Crusader,” a new animated series executive produced by “Batman: The Animated Series” co-creator Bruce Timm, as well as J.J.

Katie Holmes and Matt Bomer pose for photos together with their trophies at 2024 Filming Italy on Sunday (June 23) in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy.

Did you know that Matt Bomer‘s husband Simon Halls has been instrumental in helping other celebs come out to the public?

Batman has been revealed, following the death of Kevin Conroy in 2022.Conroy first voiced Batman as part of the ‘90s animated TV series and went on to star in over 20 different projects including Rocksteady’s Arkham franchise.It was confirmed in late 2022 that Conroy had died after a short battle with intestinal cancer, but has posthumously starred in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and MultiVersus. Earlier this year, it was reported that Conroy’s Batman would also feature in upcoming DC movie Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three and the voice actor would also feature in Amazon Prime Video’s new animated series Batman: Caped Crusader in some capacity.Now the new voice actor for Batman has been revealed.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director A new Batman is here to save Gotham City. Amazon Prime Video has released a cast announcement teaser for its upcoming animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and with it comes confirmation that Hamish Linklater will be voicing the Dark Knight. The teaser also includes a first listen at the actor’s Batman voice.

Matt Bomer and Nathan Lane are about to have a fabulous time as roomies!

In one of the more promising pieces of development to come along in a while, Hulu has ordered Mid-Century Modern, a comedy pilot from Will & Grace duo Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and Uber-producer Ryan Murphy. 

Matt Bomer is taking Milan Fashion Week by storm!

Evan Peters is making a very rare public appearance with his girlfriend!

The Playlist’s “The Discourse” podcast.“And I always resisted because it just felt like [off]. And I know you can say, ‘Well, but you played Yon-Rogg and Dumbledore!’ ” Law added, referring to his roles in “Captain Marvel” and “Fantastic Beasts.”“It just felt like a step too far.”Law recalled that there wasn’t even a script yet for Ratner’s movie, but producers had him try on the Superman suit with the hopes of changing his mind about doing the film.“It wasn’t the [Christopher] Reeve suit. It was kind of like, it was more metallic,” he said.

British actor Jude Law once had a “flirtation” about playing Superman.

There are plenty of actors out there who have either auditioned to be Superman or were picked for a film that never got made. Hell, we just talked about one such situation earlier today with Matt Bomer.

Superman on the big screen in the early 2000s, but he allegedly lost out on the role when he was outed as gay. “I went in on a cattle call for Superman, and then it turned into a four-month audition experience,” he recalled on the Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast episode released Monday.“I was auditioning again and again and again and flying out to New York and doing chemistry reads and flying out to LA and doing chemistry reads, back to New York, flying back to LA to do a screen test, and it looked like I was the director’s choice for the role.”Bomer, who was let go from the CBS soap opera “Guiding Light” when he was auditioning for J.J.

Matt Bomer was very close to playing Superman.

You’ve heard of the EGOT, but have you heard of the PEGOT?

Simon Cowell says that his son “without question” saved him during a very difficult time following the death of his parents.The “America’s Got Talent” judge opened up in-depth about his past on the latest episode of “The Diary of a CEO,” which was released June 10.Cowell’s father Eric, who his son was named after, died in 1999, while his mother Julie died 16 years later. The former “American Idol” judge has 10-year-old son, Eric, with fiancée Lauren Silverman.“I think particularly when I lost my mum, I was on a downward spiral at that point. I lost everyone, you know, I’ve lost my parents.

Two trials play out in the new Apple TV+ adaptation of lawyer-novelist Scott Turow’s 1988 bestselling legal thriller, Presumed Innocent: the criminal case against a Chicago prosecutor charged with murdering a colleague, and the nightmare at home that the murder trial visits on the family of the accused.

So many stars stepped out to attend the Critics Choice Association’s Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on Friday night (June 7) in Los Angeles.

James Gunn’s Superman has added Mikaela Hoover (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) and Christopher McDonald (Hacks) to its cast, sources have confirmed to Deadline.