Magic Mike XXL actor Matthew Bomer almost played the Man of Steel in a Superman project that never got off the ground.
Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the podcast Happy, Sad, Confused, Bomer said he was called to screen-test for a Superman movie directed by Brett Ratner and written by J.J. Abrams ten years ago.
The movie was a "lighthearted" take on Clarke Kent at college, and Ratner wanted Bomer for the role.
"Brett chose me for the project and then it all fell apart", said . It was a very lengthy process to get the role, I think it was over the course of three months because I went in in a cattle call. It sort of evolved from there. It was a month of, ‘Okay, looks like this is going to happen’. And then it slowly fell apart. I have zero regrets about that, I feel like I’ve gotten to do such a rich array of roles in so many different things. I haven’t been too locked in… I mean that’s a very iconic role to portray, to suddenly be that character in everyone’s minds forever.
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Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the podcast Happy, Sad, Confused, Bomer said he was called to screen-test for a Superman movie directed by Brett Ratner and written by J.J. Abrams ten years ago.
The movie was a "lighthearted" take on Clarke Kent at college, and Ratner wanted Bomer for the role.
"Brett chose me for the project and then it all fell apart", said . It was a very lengthy process to get the role, I think it was over the course of three months because I went in in a cattle call. It sort of evolved from there. It was a month of, ‘Okay, looks like this is going to happen’. And then it slowly fell apart. I have zero regrets about that, I feel like I’ve gotten to do such a rich array of roles in so many different things. I haven’t been too locked in… I mean that’s a very iconic role to portray, to suddenly be that character in everyone’s minds forever.
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