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MATT BOMER
SFX
|December 2021
The Doom Patrol star had a calling to become a superhero
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From Webster Groves, Missouri
Greatest Hits CIA agent Bryce Larkin in Chuck; con-artist Neal Caffrey in White Collar; Superman in Superman: Unbound; Donovan in American Horror Story: Hotel; Larry Trainor in Doom Patrol.
Random Fact Matt Bomer donned the Superman tights and screentested opposite Amy Adams for the unproduced Superman Flyby movie.
Matt Bomer has the heart, soul and looks of a hero. The charming 43-year-old actor was notably close to filling the Man of Steel’s tights in an unproduced Superman movie. Since then, he’s voiced the Kryptonian in 2013 animated movie Superman: Unbound, as well as the Flash in 2021’s Justice Society: World War II.
These days, Bomer is one of two actors who portrays the quirky hero Larry Trainor, aka Negative Man, on the TV series Doom Patrol. Bomer provides the voiceover for the completely bandaged-up version of the character, in addition to any preburned Trainor flashbacks.
How much were you into comic books and superheroes growing up?
This story is from the December 2021 edition of SFX.
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