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Matt Bomer Slams “Victim Narrative” That He Lost ‘Superman’ Role Over Sexuality

Although longtime Matt Bomer fans will likely always have a Superman-shaped hole in their heart, he's moved on.

As the Golden Globe winner promotes his new Hulu gay sitcom Mid-Century Modern, he recently criticized an outlet that referred to his public outing as a “painful turn of events” that “lost him the title role” as the Kryptonian DC superhero. Bomer, who publicly came out in 2012, previously recounted auditioning for the aborted J.J. Abrams script Superman: Flyby, claiming that he even signed a three-picture contract with the studio at one point. Last weekend, Bomer discussed his role as gay, ex-Mormon flight attendant Jerry Frank in Mid-Century Modern at Deadline’s Contenders TV, raving, “I cannot tell you how liberating it is to play a character without shame.”

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