A few days ago we reported on an interview given by Jackie Collins in which she claimed that the reason White Collar star Matt Bomer lost out on the role of Superman was because he was gay. At the time we commented that it was difficult to tell how she might know this, but now it appears it may have been confusion over which Superman he was supposed to be part of (reports said she was talking about Man Of Steel, when it was actually an earlier incarnation he was up for), as well as an assumption it was his sexuality rather than the vagaries of Hollywood that ruled him out.
A source has told E! that the only time Bomer lost out on a Superman role was when Brett Ratner was due to take on the comic character, back in the early 2000s. The source says, “Matt was Brett’s Superman. He would never have not cast Matt because he’s gay. Brett knew Matt was gay. They’re good friends. Matt not being Superman had nothing to do with his sexuality. It was because the director changed.”
After Ratner left, the project became Bryan Singer’s 2006 film Superman Returns. As Singer is gay himself, it’s unlikely he’d have fired Bomer for his sexuality, he just wanted someone who better fitted him own vision of Superman. (That said, the more conspiracy minded might wonder if the studio didn’t want a gay director and actor, especially when you consider they worried after the movie’s release that Superman Return’s lacklustre box office was due to people being put off by ridiculous news reports saying Superman in the film was ‘too gay’).
Collins had claimed, “Matt Bomer, who is the most gorgeous looking guy and the star of White Collar, he was up for the role of Superman. ‘He had not come out of the closet but people in the know knew he was gay. His audition tape went in and he called up the agent. Someone 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.”
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