Matt Bomer in Mark Ruffalo's movie Anything premiere

We know

Oh, THE TROLL started one. This thread is for serious posters! (Try searching under Bomer or Anything.)

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He doesn't look good as a woman but his acting is on point. Hope the T is LGBT doesn't get their panties in a twist. Boy they can get vicious!

I'm really not sure what to think. I knew I would be a little shocked. But he kinda looks a little rough as a woman. IMO☺️

Yeah he doesn't look great as a woman honestly.

Well, then it's true to life.

The Ts will NOT be happy.

He's doing that thing where his pupils dilate and he looks insane.

His eyes are just fine lol. Gosh give it a rest will you R9? Aren't you tired of posting the same pic and saying the same thing on a loop?

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He doesn't need to "look good as a woman." You want authentic, don't you?

I'm not excited about Bomer in this role, but John Carroll Lynch is fantastic. Hopefully he can save it.

Does he have feminine sexy legs? Any photos?

Wow! I like it! the trans are gonna go fucking nuts though.

Sadly if this is not picked up by anyone it will only be seen at Film Festivals. The poster has a nice silhouette of Bomer.

It will be picked up, trans are so IN.

Ummm

The T's threw a fit about this already. They aren't supporting it so the movie will be buried.

Freda

Only James Marsden would have looked prettier than Matt Bomer.

I bet something has been worked out with Ts or we would already be hearing about it.

Sociopath eyes. Why's he trying to be a serious actor? Just play the pretty boy. Jeeze - it's simple.

Has appropriate trans face. There should be something slightly "off" about it. I mean please, lets get real: Most of the time there is this gut, foundational thing that makes you cock your head a bit and squint.

He looks great, exactly like a trans woman: Masculine.

I love Matt Bomer, but do not want to see him as a tucking transsexual, so won't watch it.

In the original play, the character was a transvestite.

I've just vomited in my mouth a little.

THIS THREAD IS LITERAL VIOLENCE!

I was wondering when this would be released. So glad to see Bomer and Ruffalo teamed-up again.

I'm not a fan of Ruffalo the actor, but I like this project.

"More so, by casting a gay actor in the role of a trans woman, it only goes on to help the stereotype that trans women are men. " Uhmm but they are men.

A straight man, playing a tranny, in a movie directed by a straight man? The trannies will LOVE it! I predict Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer will become heroes to the tranny community.

𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛?

Bitch, are you high?

Such a silly argument. Actors are not limited to playing themselves in art. The Ts are supposed to be part of the LGBT, but they are trashing a gay actor because he is "cis." If the divide is between Ts and "cis" LGBs, they need to start their own organization. They should give this performance by a sensitive, culturally aware gay man a chance before they condemn it.

[quote]They should give this performance by a sensitive, culturally aware gay man

LOL Duckling went to war on Twitter with any Trans who criticized him.

R36 He didn't go to war with anybody, you fucking idiot. He hasn't even said a word about this movie.

R36 Duckling blocked every trans on Twitter who tweeted negatively about his casting. Several of them made videos about it, which you can find in the thread, "TRANSBOMER'S COLLAPSE IS COMPLETE"

R38 He blocked two bitches, because he didn't know who they were, then unblocked them and followed them. That is all. There was no war.

Was it someone on this board who said he always looks like someone is shining a flashlight on his face?

This Trans says he blocked many of her friends on Twitter.

R40 I think he looks like someone who has just realized he has absentmindedly walked into traffic without looking.

The whole blocking incident lasted a couple of hours. It was hardly a war! Ruffalo "reached out" to the Ts and mollified them. There was a little flurry of op eds and then it all died down within a week.

Somebody on DL loves to bring it up every chance he gets, but that same troll is always calling Matt names, posting unflattering photos, declaring him a failure, and predicting the end of his career. It's tiresome, but persistent.

Positive reviews so far

I love Matt Bomer. But I don't want to see this. But he gets to make his own choices.

I was really looking forward to the Montgomery Clift movie. I can see him doing that so well. Hope that still happens.

That is not a review of the movie r44.

"The film earned solid applause after a private screening at the Directors Guild Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday (13 June) from an audience that included several members of the transgender community."

Reading the trans on Twitter regarding this topic, they desperately want to be seen as real women, but they are NOT! also, they are so fucking aggressive!

Good time to get out of town for awhile. Matt Bomer is going to Monte Carlo.

This article tells of a solid applause at the screening form an audience that included trans.

WHY! WHY! WHY!!

Jen Richards started this backlash, why? because she auditioned for a role in this movie that went to Roxy Wood (another trans actress) she is pissed.

No, the backlash started as soon as the movie was announced in the trades. Jen Richards tweeted "Matt Bomer, I hope one day you have the chance to do some good for the transgender community" and he blocked her! So she made so vlog about it.

IS Robert Repulveda in this?

This is what I predicted Transbomer would look like in an old thread

I was pretty accurate!

Is that Michael Jackson, R55?

John Carrol Lynch is playing the role of Jerry Sandusky in an upcoming film.

He is brave to take on the part, and I bet it will cement his status as the go to great actor for sketchy roles. Sort of a more modern version of Anthony Hopkins.

R53 No, the first thing she tweeted was that she had auditioned for the role. She later had to clarify that she auditioned for a different role.

This on Twitter yesterday from Jen Richards: "Also, I've chatted with Matt, Eddie, & Jeffrey; all nice guys and talented actors. It's not about them personally, but the casting practice." @SmartAssJen

Sucks his Montgomery Clift biopic fell through.

What happened with his Monty Clift movie?

Michael Lombardo who brought it to HBO was fired.

R62, we used to be watch him every New Year's Eve. Thanks for the memories.

Bomer re: Clift project in 2016

"I’m only going to do it if it’s the right story that’s told for the right reason, and that’s relevant to this day and age, as much as it pays homage to who this man was. Should that happen during the time when I’m still young enough to play him, perfect. And if not, hopefully someone else will get to play him because I do think it’s an incredible story." (collider.com)

Please Bomer would have been a terrible Clift. I doubt he even is that familiar with his work, apparently Bomer hadn't even watched "Sunset Boulevard" until last year so that tells you a lot about his passion for classic movies.

R53 I believe the trans actress from Sense8 was the one who tweeted that. (It was also tweeted at Michelle Rodriguez.) I thought it was odd because I'm assuming he's donated to numerous LGBT charities. Given how the T has taken over most of those organizations, most of the money probably goes to them.

I think Jen was the one who sent off a tweet storm with the classic "crying as I type this" and, of course, LITERAL VIOLENCE.

Is there proof that most of the money donated to LGBT organizations goes solely to Trans issues and not to any Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual issues? I haven't seen the numbers.

Jen Richards is once again dumping on Matt Bomer.

Jen just doesn't get it. There's no audience for a film starring a trans lead.

Women can't relate to trans women. Most men are not attracted to trans women. So who would actually watch the film if a trans woman was playing the lead?

Matt is a charming and good-looing guy thus women and gay guys will watch him in a movie. It's that simple.

R68 = idiot

"Jen just doesn't get it. There's no audience for a film starring a trans lead."

Ummmm... anyone who would actually go see a transgender love story would go see the movie if the lead was transgender, dumbass.

Like I said, there is no audience for transgender stories, R69.

About 0.03% of the population would be interested in watching a trans actor.

Tell that to Transbomer, R70.

I think this is something that Matt wishes he hadn't done.

How do you know? Maybe he always wished to play trans.

I think he probably thought the trans community would be more supportive, R74.

Mark Ruffalo is a certified social activist. They hired a couple of trans actors and consultants. It comes down to whether only trans can play trans. The play has been around for awhile and Freda has been played by men. The question is whether the trans protests will have enough influence to hurt the movie. They may just be creating curiosity and publicity for it.

Most of these projects are awards bait roles for the actors in them. No one expects them to make $$$. Jen Richards is a pathetic professional victim clown and a delusional liar.

[quote] I think this is something that Matt wishes he hadn't done.

Like Magic Mike 2: Electric Bugaloo?

Why would someone who looks like Matt Boner, male or female, be interested in someone who looks like John Carroll Lynch. It beggars belief and I will not go to the theater to see this picture.

R78, Matt didn't do Magic Mike with the hope of getting an award.

Trans protests against the film now make any award unlikely.

Is the character someone who takes female hormones and has had surgery? I know some think only trans should play trans, but trans encompasses a lot of things. Someone who has medically transitioned looks a lot different than a male bodied person who dresses like a woman. I remember people being upset that about Transparent before it started. I wondered where they were supposed to find a 70 year old actor who was Trans but hadn't taken any hormones or had surgery yet, just like the character.

Here is Jen's argument, but it is ridiculous to insist that this movie will lead directly to violence against trans women. She actually says at one point that she doesn't object to any actor being able to play any role, but then returns to her violence argument. She also says she likes Matt, who is a nice guy, but she feels compelled to trash his movie anyway. It's like she wants to seem sympathetic but she just HAS to speak out to SAVE LIVES! So does that make Matt & Mark accessories to crime if they don't withdraw the movie?

You're absolutely right, R81. Eddie Izzard identifies as trans. He has no surgery plans.

That rhymes, R83.

[quote]Like Magic Mike 2: Electric Bugaloo?

Again in retrospect we can say something like that was bad for his career, but again we don't know who his goals are/were. Much like Transbomer film.

Trans women are stomping on women's rights. Why would women want to watch them in a movie?

R83 Izzard also dresses as a man some times. Not just when playing a part either. I saw him in concert and he was dressed as a man. Someone asked why he didn't have makeup and heels on. He said something like don't put me in a box. I like Izzard but he is definitely a man. A man who likes traditionally feminine clothing.

For some reason, the anti-Anything comments seem to be directed more to Bomer than Ruffalo. Wonder why?

[quote]The play has been around for awhile and Freda has been played by men.

The character in the play is a transvestite. Ruffalo changed it to transsexual because he thought he was "woke." (He isn't!)

Is the character in the movie supposed to be transitioning?

How the fuck should we know?

Ruffalo & Bomer are maintaining radio silence so far. No tweets, no nothing. No promotion for this movie either.

I don't know, R90. The character is supposed to be transgender but not sure where they are supposed to be in their "transition".

I don't understand the logic of the trans community. They seem to think if a "passable" trans woman played Bomer's role that filmgoers would suddenly believe that trans women are women. But this is wrong because most trans women can't pass as women. The trans we see in real-life still look like men under the makeup and dresses. So Bomer is an appropriate casting choice if the trans community wants to promote acceptance of real-life trans women like Jen Richards.

Matt should just say he's trans. They can't touch him/her if he/she does that. After all, there are now numerous people claiming to be trans and fully supported who just request different pronouns and do nothing about their appearance.

They are all just jealous that Bomer looks better than they do in a dress. No one would go see the film with a no name actor - Trans or no Trans. She needs to get over herself and stop begging for attention. It's unbecoming!

[quote]No one would go see the film with a no name actor - Trans or no Trans.

No one is going to see the film now.

R96 The advanced tickets are sold out.

For how many showings, R97?

R98 Who knows but the only way to see it is to show up at the venue an hour before and get a number to see if you can get in. If it's anything like Sundance they did a pre-sale for the local area and kept passes for VIP'S.

Well shit! Tickets are now available! LOL!

Someone should point out to Jen Richards that misrepresenting that you are a biological man to potential sex partners will about 100000000 times more likely cause violence against trans people then Matt Bomer playing a tranny in a movie. Also, this kind of shit pretty much will seal the deal that films about trans people won't get made. Sheryl Underwood on The Talk when discussing her career and Mo'Nique's referenced a list in Hollywood called the "LIFE'S TOO SHORT LIST" which basically blackballs people who are too much of a pain in the ass and not worth the effort. Jen Richards and her fellow SJW trans actors fit into this category.

Jen Richards says that casting a man as a trans reinforces they believe that trans women are men, she thinks that if they had cast HER people were going to see an actual woman. Well, not really, she still looks like a dude with good make up. She is really delusional and vindictive. She is mad she wasn't cast and is going full on cunt on Matt. This is hurting her cause and image. I personally can't wait to watch this film, and I know Bomer is going to do a great job, he is a good actor who can actually sell a movie, unlike an unknown trans like Richards.

It's startling that Jen Richards is unable to realize that she looks like a man.

Any tranny who wants to go into entertainment is already self-deluded, R103, what do you expect?

Jen Richards, she really thinks she looks like a woman

[quote]She is mad she wasn't cast and is going full on cunt on Matt. This is hurting her cause and image.

She actually got a recurring role on Nashville due to the publicity from the original Transbomer outcry.

Wow, R105, look at the size of those claws.

Does she still have a dick?

A role on Nashville would've been impressive in its first season. But getting a small recurring role on a show that a major network gave up on and the lead actress desperately wanted out of doesn't exactly scream "I'm breaking down barriers!".

Interesting article Bomer liked on twitter

R108 🤢

Matt Bomer ignored all the trans on Twitter.

Apparently, he called Jen Richards personally and spoke with her. She says, "This is not about Matt Bomer or me. He is a nice guy."

He has not responded on Twitter to her article, which has been posted ad nauseum to his Twitter feed, but he did not block anyone. Ruffalo has not responded either.

R105 Mmm. That receding hairline. So feminine.

He has been pretty quiet on all of his social media accounts since the trailer dropped, you can't really blame him. He does read his mentions.

I'm sure he's learned how to mute people on Twitter now instead of blocking them.

The main issue, even before all of this, is that originally the character in the play Anything, on which this movie was based, was a crossdresser and not transgender.

For some odd reason they decided to change the character to transgender and had they not done this and left it alone in the first place none of this would be happening.

I'm much more interested in Bomer's project for Amazon about the Golden Age of Hollywood based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald called, "The Last Tycoon".

It looks gorgeous and I love stories about old Hollywood...

"The Last Tycoon" trailer...

Hope all the controversy over Anything won't hurt The Last Tycoon. Matt has a loyal fan base, but it doesn't seem like he is inundated with offers of parts. Coming out as gay has not helped that. Since he will be 40 this year, he needs to be successful in a serious role.

So it's a movie about a gay man.

Plus, I can't get past knowing that JCL is The Zodiac.

[R118], I posted about "The Last Tycoon" @[R116]/[R117]; I do not consider myself a Matt Bomer fan, but after seeing the LT trailer I got really excited for this series and very open to giving Bomer a real try as an actor.

I never got into "White Collar" and haven't really seen anything else he's done since then.

"The Last Tycoon" looks very good to me though, and--judging by the trailer--it seems like Bomer will do a great job in a very meaty role (and it also looks like he's working with several good actors in it--which is another plus).

I'm not interested in the trans movie at all (and am not happy about what trans activists are doing to gay rights and women's rights). I don't judge him for doing the movie, but I won't be watching it.

I definitely am looking forward to seeing him in "The Last Tycoon" though!

[quote]The main issue, even before all of this, is that originally the character in the play Anything, on which this movie was based, was a crossdresser and not transgender. For some odd reason they decided to change the character to transgender and had they not done this and left it alone in the first place none of this would be happening.

Because Mark Ruffalo. Because like many privileged white heterosexual people in Hollywood who fancy themselves as outspoken progressives (see also: Banks, Elizabeth and Damon, Matt) he is so fucking dense he can't see how obnoxious he is when he unconsciously exercises his privilege. Everything you need to know is from his explanation about why he cast Bomer: because he was so good playing a gay man in The Normal Heart. So the next logical step would be to cast him as transgender right? Because to people like Ruffalo, those are the same thing. And of course Bomer is such a cocksucker to his big Hollywood friend, he says yes.

And that's also why Ruffalo changed it from trasvestite to transgender. Because in his mind, those are the same thing. But transgender is trendier now, so why not?

If they had left it transvestite, they probably would have gotten the same crap from the same people. "Why didn't you make the character trans instead of just a man who looks like a woman?!" After all, it would still be a man with good hair and makeup in a woman's clothes - and everybody knows that's what killing trans women - "literally"....

Walking Out looks like a pretty good movie, too. It's hard to imagine 3 more different roles than Walking Out, Last Tycoon and Anything, which will all be shown about the same time. Magic Mike, The Normal Heart, Spaceship 76, and The Nice Guys all had very different characters, too. Matt has been busy since White Collar ended, but no future projects have been announced.

We get it. You're a jew R121. White Collar is one of the best shows and it will be always the best work of bomer. That's what made him famous.

R110 looks like those detractors are transgenders. lol

Have you noticed that some of his die-hard stalkers aren't keen on this movie?

R127 Yes, I noticed that. They are SJWs, that's why, and so fucking self righteous. But the majority of his fans are backing him up 100%, I'm sure he appreciates it.

Matt with a trans supporter who consulted on the movie.

Duckling did not go to the premiere

R116 I am looking forward to it too. Love F. Scott Fitzgerald and love Billy Ray! If I could have gone to the LA Film Fest, I would have seen Anything. I like that he puts himself out there. Not afraid to take chances. Hopefully it all works out.

R130 He is in Monte Carlo for the premiere of The Last Tycoon this weekend. (You are an idiot.)

R130 I wouldn't have gone if I was him either! And I know I will get shit for this but I didn't like John's answer. Trans women to play women. Whatever!

TransMatt looks like Jennifer Connelly

The Transtapo is already out and loaded for bear! A trans acquaintance of mine who I always thought was just gender fluid has already proclaimed that this is making him more likely to be the victim of violence!

Oh, the tranny drama of it all!

Someone ought to explain to the SJWs that movies are private businesses, not social justice tools paid for by tax dollars!

Someone needs to explain to Republicans that whining about "SJWs" is tiresome and marks them out as probable Trump voters and Rush Limbaugh fans

This was his trans coach:

Kylene K. Steele was an associate producer and personally worked with Bomer, as shown in a video on YouTube. She posted on Facebook that she “worked so hard together on the development and honesty of the character; I am truly touched by his openness and commitment to developing Freda with authenticity.” (lgbtqnation.com)

[bold]kylenekristensteele[/bold] "The awesome Matt Bomer and I were working on a film 3 weeks ago, but we worked together about a month beforehand. Working with him was a pleasure and he was so kind, down to earth, humble, and so connected to the Universe; of course handsome as well. We laughed, shared, and talked about important issues that society is facing today in this world. I can't talk much about our film but I will tell you that he is spectacular and I can't wait for the whole world to see it. Also his eyes are even more amazing in real life." (Twitter)

[/bold] Damn! Can't get that right!

Another picture

r139 Was that dude hired for P.R purposes because matt bomer didn't need help acting like a fake woman.

Arriving at his hotel in Monte Carlo

Those women he is posing with in R141's video will want to see his trans movie and then commit LITERAL VIOLENCE against trans women after watching it.

Damn, he shoulda played Wonder Woman.

He just remembered he left the water running.

Check out his outfit, especially the shoes!

As a woman, Matt looks like Marissa Berenson in Cabaret.

Any more drag photos?

This one

Well I just couldn't help myself!

I hate to see you go but I love watching you leave!

Bam!

R145 all he needed were three inches hills underneath that pair of appalling white shoes. TransBomer would have landed in Monte Carlo.

She didn't botoxify herself and looks like a handsome 40 year old

But she still overdid it on the makeup

R150 That is a work of art!!

R153 We just mind melded! 💢

His makeup was probably done by a pro.

R152 He looks great but think he over did it with the make up.

R147 Kat Dennings looks rough since her show was cancelled.

Lol!

Nobody is bashing Bomer on Twitter anymore, people are excited with his appearance at the Monte Carlo festival, so Jen Richards went on another twitter rant. What a pathetic cunt.

He really looks great in a tux. Even if it's doll like.

Link to,the rant?

She should just give up!

Wonder how these two are getting along?

Gorgeous picture from The Last Tycoon with costar Lily Collins

Matt Bomer has Uncanny Valley Syndrome

R166 He really does. To each their own, but he just looks "off" to me. Like an extraterrestrial life-form wearing a flesh suit.

Crazy eyes

R165 I don't think that is Lily Collins.

That is Jessica De Gouw.

Is he going by Matthew now or is that a European thing?

How many bitches does he have?

Lily Collins

Matthew Bomer sounds more serious.

Awful cut on this jacket. Did he borrow it from Mr Peabody?

R175 We were doing nicely without you, troll. Fuck off.

Here is a positive argument for the movie Anything

Who is Lilly Collins and should I like her?

Lilly Collins is Phil Collins's daughter who Hollywood tried to make happen but didn't

Lily Collins is a so so actress, but very pretty.

R164 This is a great interview that shows they get along really well. Kelsey has even gone sockless.

...and dayyyuummm Bomer's pants can't possibly get any tighter!

She plays Celia Brady, studio head Pat Brady's (Kelsey Grammer) daughter who has a crush on powerful producer Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) in The Last Tycoon.

With the royals of Monaco

R181 That interview was great! Thoughtful questions and answers. They do seem to have good chemistry.

BTW Interesting that Matt says his contract precludes him from doing a full season of AHS but he does plan to do some things with Murphy that haven't been announced yet.

R184 He just can't seem to get away from Murphy! I think it's good for him to concentrate on this series.

Most series contracts have a clause that allows three guest appearances on another series, at most.

That's okay. This show looks like it has real potential to last a few years. Nice for Matt to have a little stability in his life while the kids are growing up.

The show is absolutely terrible, but it will probably get two seasons because Amazon renews everything. If it doesn't get two seasons it'll be because of costs which are considerable for any period show. Or if Amazon replaces its original programming team which everyone is expecting given its continued failure to generate hits.

Actually, the pilot wasn't bad, but it sounds like the show will get better with time. Bomer and Grammer have enough fans to at least give it a good start. Last summer Amazon voters picked it to continue as a series. Hard to imagine it lasting 5 seasons, but who knows?

The pilot was terrible. The Guardian actually used that word.

Matt has a such a thing for older men. Simon, Ryan Murphy and Tim DeKay are all about the same age and Kelsey Grammer is only a little older. More the age of an uncle than a father. Or maybe a teacher.

Murphy is supposedly working on a sequel to TNH so maybe Matt will have a flashback role in that.

R191 = idiot

Jen Richards has those horrible super fake refund gap tits.

The NYT panned it, too, but this is a fairly positive review that suggests the show will succeed better as a reimagined plot set in Fitzgerald's milieu than it would to attempt a literal interpretation of the unfinished novel. In the interview at R181, that is what screenwriter Chris Keyser said they are trying to do. Reviews for the 1976 version of TLT and all,versions of Great Gatsby have been weak, so trying something different may work better.

I think The Last Tycoon will improve with time. Also you can see that Grammer and Bomer get along great, but who doesn't get alone with Matt?. All his co stars praise him after working with him.

I think "The Last Tycoon" looks great. Are they dropping all of the episodes at the same time in July or releasing them slowly week to week?

(I would prefer to binge watch it)

I think, all at once. I prefer binge watching, too.

[quote]Bomer, who was decorative in the Magic Mike movies but dug deep as the closeted New York Times reporter in Ryan Murphy's The Normal Heart, gives a performance of real warmth and delicacy. Rather than play Freda as a force of nature or a collection of mannerisms — the typical default modes of actors playing trans women — Bomer renders her fully dimensional: an unpredictable tangle of impulses, by turns defensive and tender. (It's worth noting that associate producer Kylene K. Steele, a transgender woman, was a personal consultant to Bomer throughout the shoot.)

Long positive review of Anything from Hollywood Reporter after seeing the screening. Hope we will get to see this movie!

Lol - Matt saying he would be glad to do "Magic Mike AARP" if he got the chance!

R199 Haha! I love Kelsey! They are very cute together!

I plan to binge watch this also. I have not watched Network TV for at least two years. I have watched everything on Netflix and Amazon Prime because many of the original series produced are better than Network TV.

I also would really love to see Anything. I find it interesting no one has asked him about it.

R198 That was a great review! I realky want to see it now!

Anything is getting good reviews. Jen Richards must be pissed she didn't get everyone to hate Matt Bomer.

[quote](It's worth noting that associate producer Kylene K. Steele, a transgender woman, was a personal consultant to Bomer throughout the shoot.)

LOL they gave Bomer's trans coach an associate producer credit

Bomer and Ruffalo were smart not to reply to @SmartMouthJen et al and instead let transwomen who liked the show speak for them. Without anyone to argue with, they threw their fit and now they have nothing left to say. They're just creating more publicity for the movie. Few people care what they think.

I think it was a smart move to let the film and other actors speak for themselves.

What about Matt's SJW group @archivistsrock, @uninhabitedprds @teachergirl00 @lisakadlec who are dissing his hard work in ANYTHING and calling his decision to pick this role in 2017 a dumb move? They're fucking trying hard to convince other fans to not to watch it. Some are already convinced. Can't believe Matt sucks up to these poor creatures and cajole them each time they meet him.

R206 Where are you finding their comments? Tumbler? Twitter? Does Matt reply to them directly? How are they trying hard to convince other fans? They don't seem to be succeeding - or even trying very hard. Anyway, when the movie comes out, they will probably watch it.

Alejandra turned against Transbomer? Oooooooooh!

JEn & GLAAD VERSUS TRANSBOMER

Has Matt ever gone to an event like Monte Carlo without Simon? Simon wasn't at BookFest in NY and Matt didn't go with Simon to the Tonys. Matt didn't mention his family in the interviews like he often does. Are they keeping Matt's gay marriage out of the limelight while he is promoting his new role as the romantic lead in TLT?

Are there rules about interview questions? Is that why no one asked him about the Anything controversy?

Mister Peabody is NOT Duckling's publicist.

Occasionally he tags along when he wants to take a vacation.

R209 Nothing about Bomer or Anything is mentioned in that article!

Well obviously it was timed to coincide with the premiere of Transbomer film.

R211 Oh, troll is back. Sigh.... Of course Simon is not Matt's publicist, but they often travel together. Lately, they haven't.

I'm sure it's like any marriage with a traveling partner. He goes when he can. While I'm sure they have nanny's, it's nice to see someone stays home. Someone posted a pic of the kids jumping in the pool on Father's day. Obviously one of them should have been home that weekend.

The majority disliked the GLAAD video on youtube in r209. Unfortunately I can't read the comments. Have they been disabled?

I can read them fine, R216. There are just half a dozen of them, and they are not supportive of that video at all.

[quote]I love how much people bitch about all the white male privilege in Hollywood but then we are supposed to praise the white men that decide to change their gender to become White Women. Like the Wachowski’s were just another example of white privilege in hollywood, but now that they have become women they are now the two most successful female directors of all time and have become part of a protected class that you cannot question without being called a biggot. I genuinely couldn’t care less how a person decides to dress or act, but I’m not sure why I have to play into the fairytale and act like it’s real.

[quote]So sick of the politics of this industry. Just shut up and make films and television! People who watch TV and film want to be entertained, not have politics shoved down our throats 24/7.

[quote]“transgender characters accounted for only 6% of the 278 LGBTQ characters”. Well guess what? That’s higher than the actual population. Only 0.03% of people are trans. That’s a fact from the CDC.

I saw 36 comments but couldn't open them. Now on my computer it says comments disabled😂

Oh, I stand corrected, then. I can only see 6, the 3 I have posted and others that agree with those.

What a surprise that they have closed the comments.

I mean youtube not the deadline article. Love the comments there, especially the one about percentages.

@206 They are a bunch of annoying cunts! all of them. But Bomer's other fans are not giving a shit about what this group is saying. They are 100% behind Bomer.

R2016 They are a bunch of annoying cunts! all of them. But Bomer's other fans are not giving a shit about what this group is saying. They are 100% behind Bomer.

Sorry about the double post, that's for R206

There is always an air of WTF and "mental health" whenever they assemble trans people for PSAs etc...

Andy's facelift looks awful at R210. Perhaps he too is becoming trans?

I would have loved to see Monroe Stahr be portrayed in The Last Tycoon as a closeted homosexual (although Fitzgerald did not imagine that). He could have idealized his beautiful wife and their short lived marriage retrospectively. He could flirt with attractive young actors and have clandestine encounters with them. Women could find him attractive because he is so unattainable and he could lead them on. It could be a secret that many people suspected and a few people knew. Brady could hold it over him.

Kinda sounds like a Monty Clift story😉

Wonder what else Matt will do now to promote TLT? There is still a month before it airs.

Also, what will happen to Anything now? Will it ever. be seen again?

R228 talk shows?

Do,other networks promote shows that on other channels?

R230 = idiot

If he goes on shows to talk about Last Tycoon, won't he get asked about the Anything controversy?

Duckling will not go on Charlie Rose, he will go on Kelly Ripa or James Corden where he can show up again in a towel with a glazed expression on his face again.

I don't think I have the stomach to watch it. To me, Bomer is a 21st century Cary Grant, he is debasing himself not for playing a transgendered person but in many of the roles he has chosen to play he has not been living up to his potential and this is one more example of this.

[quote]To me, Bomer is a 21st century Cary Grant, he is debasing himself

No, Duckling is Duckling. All his roles from Magic Mike to Transbomer are a testament to his Ducklingness; even Ryan Murphy sees this which is why he puts Bomer in these borderline insulting roles while giving better roles to Wes Bentley and Finn Wittrock.

This is what has been going on for years in dealing with Hollywood's homophobia. Gay actors can't come out. Being encouraged to stay in the closet from homosexuals above and below the line. Straight men playing gay roles etc. All for the bottom line...

R235 I hate to say it but ... you might be right.

What the hell is ducklingness? Why don't you just use the man's name? Are YOU disparaging/disrespecting him bc he is gay? Sure seems like it!

[quote]What the hell is ducklingness?

The state of being like a duckling

R238 ignore him. I think he would like to believe he's a jilted lover but he's not even that, Bomer would never give him the time of day.

When you think about how hard it is to succeed in acting, it's amazing how critical people here are. Matt Bomer is successful by anyone's standard. And he is doing it as a proud openly gay man.

But isn't that the point of this website. It's not a fan site. I'm here because I like the contradictory comments. It's witty humor to me. And sometimes there really are some valid points. If it were all praise and love then it would be his Instagram.

Oh sure, controversy and real criticism are great, but repetitively posting the same juvenile insults is not witty. Silly name calling and pointless disparagement are just annoying after a while. "Ducklingness" is an absurdity. It contributes nothing to the thread, especially when it is posted over and over again on every thread that has to do with Matt Bomer. If people were amused, they wouldn't keep calling you troll, dear.

This is not a fan site, but for there to be contradictory comments in a discussion, there have to be positive as well as negative points of view. This is not a Bomer bashing site, either.

I am not the troll dear! Just trying to keep the peace.

r243

I do agree that he looks and acts like a Duckling plus I'm glad someone spotted it, especially that surprised look he does all the time but I can see why it would annoy being said ALL the time.

People can criticize Bomer as well. You're a stan and gossip is no fun with stans. Bomer is letting himself become this machine like stepford husband and he needs to get called out on it. He needs to grow up and show some personality. I used to be a major fan but his lack of balls, daddy issues, ruining White Collar cause he was drooling over De Kay every 5 mins and now virtue signalling with this Trans project when all Trans people do is WHINE that they don't want men to represent them, well, it couldn't happen to a more fake guy!

Now that's an interesting reply, R245! We don't have to agree, but I think you make some good points there. I generally admire Matt Bomer, but I don't love everything he says or does.

I started this thread because I'm interested in the trans controversy about what looks like it will be a good movie. I wonder if that movie will be successful or even released for the public, and also whether this controversy will bleed over into his other projects. When he came out to the public as gay, the DL consensus was that he would never be able to get a straight leading man role, but that's what he has in The Last Tycoon.

Thanks R245. Although I am not the Duckling guy or Botox guy and also mostly admire Bomer. Calling everyone a Troll is not cool either. So let's agree to disagree. Here is my peace offering for the 100 degree heat today.

Cool

James has a mad crush on Bomer. But then who doesn't.

What's the deal with the twitter user with the name Bomerholic? he always likes her tweets, she is sending him her photos now, I would be a bit afraid if I was him.

Yes but as long as you defended him from the transes you are good in his book.

She is an online stalker.

Yes, probably.

She sends him multiple tweets and comments on Instagram, I don't know how he's not freaking out.

Darling, Duckling got into this Twitter war mess because he was SEARCHING for his name on Twitter.

He's probably as crazy as her.

All the crazy ones are on there. Hoping for a retweet or reply. I was actually wondering if he replied to random fans? It's kinda creepy.

How do you know he was searching his name? and what twitter war mess are you talking about? he never engaged in arguments with the trans.

Duckling craves an audience of adoring sycophants. Their mental health is irrelevant.

YOUR mental health needs to be treated. Badly.

R257 people who had tweeted stuff that was unfavorable to him were tweeting that they were blocked by him, even though their tweets did not include the @.

He apparently searched for negative tweets and blocked those peeps. Then followed the fans who defended him.

I bet that every celebrity searches its own name on twitter and google.

He is handling his fans on Twitter the same way other celebs do. He has met a few of them in person that are Pres of his fan clubs, etc. They are not any crazier than any other fans. He has stepped up his tweets of XO & ❤️lately In reply to requests, somewhere between 5-10 a day, but not every day. Presumably it is part of his visibility campaign to encourage an audience for TLT. He has never mentioned trans or the movie Anything.

The incident with the trans was last August when Jen Richards sent her first complaint. He was attending his grandfather's funeral in TX at the time and, for a few hours, he blocked anything to do with the trans controversy. Then he unblocked and followed some of the fans. Jen said he called her and they had a nice conversation. He follows a little over a thousand people and that number has not dramatically changed. He has more than 600,000 followers.

Matt only got on Twitter after WC had been on for several yrs. He just started an Instagram account a month or so ago. He doesn't post anything very personal. It's a pr tool.

[quote]He was attending his grandfather's funeral in TX at the time and, for a few hours, he blocked anything to do with the trans controversy.

So he was at the funeral, searching and blocking. Jesus.

Wasn't this storyline covered in The Crying Game? Besides. I only want to see Bomer as a man. He is beautiful as a man, but ugly as a woman.

R266 IKR! Nothing more has come up about the movie. I have a feeling we will never see it anyway.

R265 You took that very literally, didn't you? I don't know exactly what time the funeral was and what time Matt was on Twitter. I bet he didn't have to search as he was probably alerted about Jen's rant. It's possible he didn't even do it himself. A pr rep could have done it for him.

R266 Well, all movies with a man playing a woman are exactly the same, aren't they? You know, Matt has been criticized here on DL for being too pretty to play substantive characters. Guess that won't be a problem in Anything.

R267 Yeah, it premiered on Sat and we haven't heard anything else about it for a day or two, so I guess it's all over now! We didn't hear anything about the movie from Sept until the premiere was announced about a month ago, though. If they were going to pull it, why not announce that and take credit for being so sensitive to the trans complaints?

Looking good in ads and stills from "The Last Tycoon

*meant to say, I'm looking forward to seeing him and Kelsey acting together ⬆️

Old style glamour..

Does anyone know who (in old Hollywood) Matt's film mogul character is based on?

(Kelsey's too?)

Like the font on this one...

[quote]I bet he didn't have to search as he was probably alerted about Jen's rant.

Duckling's unusual Twitter behavior predates the Transbomer drama. It was first noticed when a Twitterer complained that she had blocked him after posting "Matt Bomer is just a pretty face." She also did not use the @.

Should be "had been blocked by him"

R274 That incident was, what? 2-3 yrs ago. And you have brought it up many times on various Bomer threads.

Why can't he block people anyway? Is that so bad?

R272 it's Monroe's character is based on Irving Thalberg. Kelsey's I've no idea.

R277 =

R279 Why do you insist on ruining every. single. Bomer. thread?

R278 = idiot

Cannot even educate themselves about to read about Louis B Mayer

R280 can't you go to a fan site if all you want is a circle jerk for duckling?

R282 why do you care? what is it to you? is your life that sad?

R279 = Tiresome Troll. Didn't you start your own thread about this? Oh, nobody wanted anything to do with you? Wonder why? So now you are here, posting your ridiculous duckling pictures again and repeating your old complaints. There is nothing witty or even interesting in your spam posts, but nothing will stop you. You are pathologically obsessed.

Maybe if we all stop replying to this troll he'll go away.

No, he never does, unfortunately.

Let's all FF him

Here is a complaint in The Advocate about Anything. It doesn't sound like the author has seen the movie. The only ones who are characterizing the Freda character as pitiful and unworthy of respect seem to be trans women. Self-hating?

I'll be really pissed if this movie doesn't get released.

Interesting that The Advocate used that very masc photo of him instead of the still shot from Anything.

Thanks, [R278]!

Information on Irving Thalberg, producer for MGM, married to Norma Shearer. Grammer' character Brady is based on Louis Meyer.

[quote]He and Mayer had completely different personalities, and approached the business of picure making from opposite directions, with Mayer doing the business management and Thalberg taking charge of making the 'product', but together they made a formidable combination. Their partnership over the next decade made MGM the pre-eminent Hollywood studio and one of the few studios to remain profitable through the years of the Great Depression.

LOL! The Advocate mocking Matt Bomer. Mr Peabody's days as the horse whisperer of LGBT issues for Hollywood are truly over.

BTW, Fitzgerald worked for them as writer and that's how the book was inspired. It was never finished and was not published during his lifetime. That's why it leaves plenty of room for improvisation on the story from the initial setup. The story is told from the point of view of Brady's daughter Cecelia (played by Lily Collins) who is a college aged girl with a crush on Stahr.

R289 Me, too! I want to see it!

R293 Nice that you're so gleeful about the trans takeover of LGBT organizations. A lot of us are not so thrilled.

His private insta is @boomtownie

He's following the fans who have got involved in a war with trans community. That's the first time he followed 15-20 fans who were most vicious, including those who tweeted trans emo is as worthless as used toilet papers. Since then he's steadily following fans who are an aggressive bunch.

Are you stalking him? How much time do you spend studying his Twitter & Instagram accounts?

Simon's Instagram is @Halls.Simon, but those [italic]private[/italic] accounts are locked. Matt's @mattbomer account is public.

Wow r296 he is a little cult leader isn't he? He reminds me of Gretchen from Kimmy Schmidt.

Good article on The Advocate "In Defense of Anything"

Thanks so much, [R292] and [R294]. Fascinating stuff! I've always been interested in classic Hollywood and its history, so knowing that "The Last Tycoon" has a Thalberg, Mayer, *and* Fitzgerald connection just makes me even more exited to see it!

R295 what does "trans" takeover have to do with this? If anything Mr Peabody should have known that increased trans visibility on LGBT organizations would be the death knell for this movie. This is what he was KNOWN for and why people PAID him money for his advice on LGBT issues.

R299 That's great! Maybe time will produce more thoughtful perspectives like this instead of knee jerk rejections.

R301 Simon is not Matt's publicist, remember? (Your Mr Peabody crap has gotten very old and unfunny.) You might want to read the article about the timeframe of the Anything movie at R299.

Mr Peabody is not his publicist, he is his HUSBAND

Bomer had the counsel of an LGBT issues "expert" at his bedside, and he still made the movie.

Really?

So ASSUMING Matt only does what his husband tells him, Simon as an LGBT expert should have advised Matt to give in to trans politics rather than take a an interesting and challenging role offered to him by his friend Mark Ruffalo? Maybe Simon & Matt believe, as many posters here do, that the trans are being unreasonable and actors should play the roles they want to, even if their choice isn't popular with everyone. Maybe it will not turn out to be a big mistake after all.

If hypothetical Matt had listened to hypothetical Simon, hypothetical Matt wouldn't have been disinvited from throwing out the pitch at the Dodger's game.

R300 Matt has mentioned in a number of interviews that he read The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West when they first started making Last Tycoon and he took inspiration from that as well as the Fitzgerald book. Here is a fascinating description and review of that book. It was made into a movie in 1975 starring William Atherton, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, and Geraldine Page.

Can't you start a new thread for the amazon series? This thread is about the Transbomer film.

I have to admit that Matt is gorgeous in the pic @ R137

R301 needs to get over her crush over Simon. Dude you're thinking thru your hole. It's sad and pathetic. Matt wanted to do this this role and he did. It's that simple.

Of course Duckling wanted to do the role, it was offered to him by Ruffalo. Duckling is a cocksucker for anyone higher on the Hollywood food chain than he is.

OK R312, you've made your point. We got it. No need to keep repeating it now or to keep posting pictures of cartoon ducks. OK?

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Poor guy. It's kind of sad.

Please don't feed the troll, just FF him and ignore him.

John Carroll,Lynch wins Special Mention for his role in Anything. Guess they weren't too,intimidated by the trans protests!

The trans community is an aggressive bunch, they would intimidate anyone.

LOL! They snubbed Transbomer and gave the award to his costar.

They didn't shun the movie. That's the point.

R318 Thanks! I'm glad to see the Festival and its jurors are backing the movie!

I think they made a pretty powerful point by going out of their way not to honor Transbomer.

Really? There aren't so many awards. Isn't it good that the movie got an award at all? Maybe they didn't want to attract all the fuss that giving an award to Matt would have engendered. Maybe they just really like Lynch's performance. The reviews are very positive about his part. They certainly aren't encouraging people to boycott the movie anyway.

We haven't seen the movie and maybe Lunch is fantastic in it. I've read nothing but food things about this movie, only the trannys are complaining.

*Lynch

On Twitter, Paul Guerra (@PaulGrra):

My opinion after seeing the movie:

Lynch getting an award bodes well for the movie. I'm happy for Bomer. I like that he doesn't play safe.

LOL the loon linked at r327 wants trans women playing cis women!

In the future, R329. We can read what he said!

Wow - rave review. Too bad they spell Bomer wrong! No mention of the trans- cis- controversy.

[quote]Freda is a wall of sound and fury in the hands of Matt Boomer. Her quick aggressive responses show her years of distrust and misuse at the hands of others. Boomer plays Freda as though she’s been scraped across the concrete by the world, finding herself jagged and used. McNeil never succumbs to playing Freda as a visual gag or a means to an end. Rather Boomer is allowed to create a fully-realized character; she is not simply a statement to rest an ideal on.

[quote]Anything is a balancing act of humor, humanity and small intimate moments. The film carries with it a compassion and heart that is enough to melt even the most jaded of viewers if open to the experience. There is neither bombast nor flag waving in Anything. In the end, it’s about those basic human truths we all strive for and need: love, compassion, understanding and someone to stand by us no matter what. In 2017 few (if any) films will carry that message better than Anything.

Too bad all these articles have to use the same picture.

It's nice to know Transboomer is getting rave reviews from the illiterate.

Good review, but pathetic that a movie critic can't spell Matt's name.

r246 No probs. Urgh, he's so frustrating. I've given up on him. I had so much time, hope etc for him and he just went 'blurgh' for no reason then his own doing. He's actually funny, interesting and genuinely hot but nooooo he must repeat the same interviews, act like a white knight and constantly looked perplexed! He's 40 soon FFS! Man up and show people who you really are! Matt was one of the few actors gay or straight who was genuinely liked and organically respected but he's thrown out all that good will to behave like some frigging boy scout and to only do TV or projects involved with bl**dy Ryan Murphy!

Why is he so SCARED?

I hope the Trans project fails and they protest the film. It will teach him a harsh lesson. If you are a part of a community and you smugly think that makes you better then others, then do as they say!

And r247 YUM!! He's so HOT like that!!! Why can't he be like that all the time???!!

I love you, too.

R297 No I have muted him after he started following fans who were behaving inappropriately.

How do you know who he follows on Twitter and why do you care? That has nothing to do with him as an actor.

R335 HEH HEH! We sure could use a hot sweaty Bomer project!

I have to admit though. I'm intrigued from these reviews about Anything. I want to see him play the vulnerable character that gets beat up. But he's not gonna get the awards he's dreaming of with this. That ship has sailed!

R246 Maybe he doesn't want people to who he really is and prefers that people concentrate on his work.

that was for R335

People like 335 & 337 are crazy stocker fans a la Annie Wilkes. Unhealthy attachment to a celebrity. Expecting him to follow their wishes. Scary stuff!

Lol R342 I have muted him, meaning I reduced attachment to him and here you are saying otherwise. You must be one of those losers who would eat his shits if he asks you to.

lol343 I don't follow his social media I do follow his work. You're weird for muting him dumshit. That dearie is a sign of attachment. Why does it bother you what he says? You need to ask yourself.

Well?

R337 you muted him lmaoooooo! why don't you just unfollow him if he makes you so anxious? you are such a freak!

Oh, I get it now, R337. You're upset because Matt follows those bitches, but he doesn't follow YOU. AmIright?

R344 R346 R347 using three different browsers/devices lol.

FYI he followed me too.

Go eat Bomer shit lol

Many people alternate between multiple devices during the day R348.

It's kind of normal.

R348 FYI: R347 is not R344 or R346! I promise.

So you think his next project will be this?

Yes that sounds like exactly the thing Duckling would get roped into.

He mentioned in an interview on r181 that he was doing a project with Ryan in the next year that hasn't been announced.

He also mentioned that they were small parts and that he couldn't take on any leading roles while he was under contract to The Last Tycoon. He has also said in the past he would love to perform on Broadway but it wouldn't fit into his family life right now.

R354 It's a 50th anniversary. It might only run for a few weeks. Ya never know.

And lead role is a little ambitious 😱

This "duckling" thing is getting old. Ok, it was cute for a little while but it really is time to move on..

R357 You just have to ignore it love.

I could see Murphy casting Duckling as Alan, the flattest and most cipher-like character in the group. It's in keeping with the other kinds of roles Murphy has given him.

Interesting information - According to this UCLA study apparently the number of people in the US who self-identify as transgender has doubled since 2011. Still, not a large pool, especially when you break it down by age.

National and State-Level Estimates of Transgender-Identifed Adults

[quote]An estimated 0.6% of adults, about 1.4 million, identify as transgender in the United States. States vary in the percentage of residents who identify as transgender (See Table 1). Hawaii has the highest percentage of adults who identify as transgender, approximately 0.8% of adults, and North Dakota has the lowest percentage, at 0.3%. The District of Columbia is notable for its relatively high percentage of transgender-identi ed adults (2.8%).6. Twenty states and the District of Columbia are estimated to have a higher percentage of transgender-identifed adults than the national average.

Estimates of Transgender-Identifed Adults by Age

[quote]Prior research suggests that individuals who identify as transgender are younger, on average, than non-transgender individuals. As expected, we found that younger adults are more likely than older adults to identify as transgender. An estimated 0.7% of adults between the ages of 18 and 24 identify as transgender. Lower percentages of older adults identify as transgender, with 0.6% of adults age 25 to 64 and 0.5% of adults age 65 or older identifying as transgender.

Let's not turn this into a trans thread!

I like the guy who is mad at Matt for following people who put him down, but says Matt follows him even though he puts Matt down all the time. I guess this is the same guy who is so worked up about Matt's choices in his career, his marriage & appearance.

That's kind of hard, R361. This thread is about a trans movie. So how is the movie doing? Is it doing as well as projected?

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Who made you the referee, R362? Where have you been?

Anything has not been shown yet outside of the LA Filmfest and there has been no publicity for it so far. Very different from Matt's movie Walking Out, which he made about the same time last year.

Another good review for Anything

Oh sorry that was already here

It's confusing because all the pictures are the same. It was a good review, though. There have only been a few., but they're all good.

R363 He is really hot in that pic!

Strategic mike placement. His hand looks very comfortable on that thing.

Yes R368. I want to do things to him arrrghh

Matt is on vacation now.

At the end of this interview with TV Guide, MB says "I'll be back,in NY next year. Maybe doing some work. Can't say what it is yet."

R351 Could it be Ryan Murphy's Boys In The Band on Broadway?

Yes it is so fucking obvious he is doing The Boys in the Band.

MATT! I AM THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE!

And I guarantee he will be playing Alan, because that's the only character with no personality.

R374 You have no idea! He could play any of those characters. Did you see the trailer for Anything? Did Freda seem to you to have no personality?

Darling I am telling you how RYAN MURPHY is going to be casting him. He will be casting him as a cipher again.

The TV Guide interview was really good. He seemed very natural and relaxed.

R374 Alan is the only straight guy in the ensemble and he is quite interesting. What even? lol

R374 = idiot. Alan lives a straight life but his sexuality is always intended to be ambiguous. A common interpretation is that he means to come out when he visits Michael but is scared back into the closet when he sees how horrible the gay men are to each other. He is a cipher character, a blank canvas.

Unless R374 is Ryan Murphy, this is pure conjecture. Anyway, Matt's character in Glee was hardly bland!

Yes but he was making fun of him in that role

Ryan Murphy casts Bomer in two roles: arrogant, vacuous himbo boytoy (Glee, New Normal, AHS Freak Show, AHS Hotel)

Or cipher (Normal Heart)

Which cast member of Boys In The Band would you LIKE to see Matt play? Who would you cast in the other roles? Only a few were mentioned in the article at R351.

What other roles would you like to see Matt in? What would be good for his career at this point?

[quote]What would be good for his career at this point?

He has just gone full tranny and is about to do Boys in the Band.

Really, there's only one thing left for him to do.

He is ready to play Mame.

Yeah, ha, ha, ha. You are so amusing.

Yeah, White Collar, Notmal Heart, The Nice Guys, Magic Mike, Magnificent Seven, Walking Out, Last Tycoon..... He is soooo typecast!

R379 You're rather dense and your arguments vacuous. What you describe is an interesting character. Your opinions are dimwitted. You're a fucking dingbat!

LOL! R386 clearly hasn't seen the movie or the play.

His fans love him. He's winning a Hollywood Hunk online contest -

R388 Honestly, he's the hottest, look at the other guys.

This film is worth watching

Good movie. Interesting take on a man in a dress.

....and he botoxified himself again.

He looks like this emoji. 👱🏼

[quote]....and he botoxified himself again.

No, you boob, he hasn't done anything to himself other than throw a filter on that image which nearly everyone on Instagram does.

He looks good

Looks like they're in Canada. He posted this pic with the twins celebrating Canada Day.

R392 He does look smooth but if he's doing Botox he can't possibly be doing as much as you think. Usually applied every 3-4 months.

R395 Funny....NPH is in Canada too! Hmmm?

R382 I hope he is cast as Donald....even though it would be odd to be the lover of Michael since the rumors are they plan to cast NPH as Michael. I sure hope he is not cast as the Cowboy. That would be tragic!

He is too old to play Cowboy, it would be like Lucy playing Mame.

NPH is in Vancouver filming Lemony Snickett. Bomer is probably in Ontario visiting the other Peabodys.

R398 Probably but I wouldn't put it past Ryan Murphy

Cowboy is the perfect opportunity for Murphy to put his casting couch to work. It will be some unknown with a tight body.

You mean a new young whore....ok...makes sense.

I love the idea of Matt Bomer in a Montgomery Clift biopic.

"Smaller than Life: The Princess Tinymeat Story."

I would like to see Murphy put Bomer in the lead of an all-gay remake of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.

Andrew Garfield is facing criticism for playing a gay man in Angels In America.

Stupid, he's being criticized for that idiotic statement, not for his casting.

No, he is also being criticized for taking a gay role. That's what prompted him to make the idiotic statement.

Bomer should make a similar statement. "I'm trans except for not wanting physical tits and a vaj."

The trouble is, if gay actors take gay roles, then everyone will say that's all they can play. It's a ridiculous idea that someone can't play a role unless he has experienced what the character has. (So, you know, like soldiers should play soldiers, Wall Street tycoons should play tycoons, doctors should play docs, etc.) Sort of takes all the art and imagination out of it, doesn't it? Theater is supposed to be about an illusion of reality; not simply a recording of real life.

How does his face look here? (In NYC for Men's Fashion Week)

I wannt to kiss those lips as I look into those baby blues. What a beautiful sexy man!

He was running around yesterday in a green suit and white shoes, I don't know what the hell he was thinking. He looked like a gay leprechaun.

It takes a lot of work to make Andrew Rannells look like the butch one in a photograph.

As hot as ever!

[quote] The trouble is, if gay actors take gay roles, then everyone will say that's all they can play.

Yet another excuse to justify het actors taking gay roles from gay actors. They will still grasp at any straw to justify their double standards as to why blackface is unacceptable but gayface is. Why should gay actors be forced to perpetuate this lie? Where's the gay male equivalent of Nell Harper to say "don't you realize you're making fun of gay people" to Matt Damon's Joey-Lawrence-in-blackface caliber HBO gayface followed by telling gay actors to stay in the closet?

Oh, and [italic]Myra Breckinridge[/italic] was a warning, not an instruction manual. Gay actors need to demand more and better gay roles and demand that gay roles go to gay actors. Enough is enough.

What happened to OUR piece of the cake?

You guys will shoot yourselves in the foot if you demand only gay can play gay, straight can play straight and trans can play trans but whatever. The sanctimonious hypocritical Left lives to be sanctimonious and hypocritical!

That's crazy to think gay roles should go to gay actors. We need more gay actors doing all kinds of role like Bomer is doing. Thank you R412 he looks very handsome w that steely gaze.

Here are the white shoes!

R418 Thanks, he looks so good!

His hairstyles really change how I see him. I thought Matt's Blue Collar hair made him look a generic guy modelling suits in a mid-range magazine but with the shorter defined cut in American Horror Story, he looked something special.

Here is his other Fashion Week outfit.

So what happen with the movie?

No body bought it.

Don't know yet. It might get shown at another festival.

Duckling alludes to regret for doing "Anything". He also uses the word 'artist ' fifty times, uses the words "authentic self" for the bazillionth interview, reminds us that he used to have sex with girls, and alludes to Boys in the Band. He also will be directing an episode of Versace for Ryan Murphy.

“I will say that in the past couple of months I’ve really realized that it’s OK to not say yes to everything,” he continues. “It’s OK to take your time as an artist and pull in the purse strings and wait for something that really hits you with a thump in the heart. I spent a lot of time after that trying to do favors to friends and trying to do what I thought I should or what people told me I should. I think the artist’s path, especially in this day and age, it’s so easy to stray from your intuition.”

He is so fake

R426=tranny Jen Richards

That's a good interview, and no, troll, he's not fake.

[quote] I spent a lot of time after that trying to do favors to friends and trying to do what I thought I should or what people told me I should.

Of course he blames everybody else for Transbomer.

So, in The Last Tycoon, gay actor Matt Bomer who was brought up as a Christian and currently practices TM, plays a straight Jewish producer and that's just fine. But if gay actor Matt Bomer plays a trans prostitute and the sky is falling!

, R430, What is TM?

I think he is embarrassed by his role in AHS with that stupid orgy with the stupid Gaga. He clearly says that is not he signed up for. It's an honest interview.

TM = Transcendental Meditation. His husband Simon is supposedly Buddhist, but I don't think Matt is. He's just an enthusiastic practitioner and proponent of meditation. He definitely doesn't ever say he is an active Christian believer as an adult.

A gay man playing a tranny?! Oh the humanity. Let's burn down stonewall

[quote]I think he is embarrassed by his role in AHS with that stupid orgy with the stupid Gaga. He clearly says that is not he signed up for

Are you kidding? He WORSHIPS "Stefani."

[quote]I think he is embarrassed by his role in AHS with that stupid orgy with the stupid Gaga.

It's telling that he hasn't been back since that season on screen. He did a quick voice over in AHS: Roanoke but that was uncredited and he's never commented on it. He likely won't be appearing this season on AHS either but he also mentioned that he's limited in what he can do because of his contract with Amazon.

It was interesting that he mentioned he'll be directing an episode of Versace and the project he's been hinting at doing in NYC in theatre may also be a Murphy production.

Overall this was the most open and honest interview he has given in a long time. No repeated stories that he's regurgitated multiple times. There was a bit of personality there. It's refreshing.

He mentions losing out on Thoroughly Modern Millie all the time. That was twenty years ago and he was only up for the role because he was screwing the choreographer.

He's obviously disappointed with AHS, he signed up for a role opposite Jessica Lange and ended up with Lady Gaga! I would be disappointed too.

He probably has been heavily influenced in his career choices by his friends (and his husband). Most of them are older and more experienced than he is plus they offered him opportunities. Ryan Murphy, Mark Ruffalo, Channng Tatum. He also likes to become friends with people he works with (like Stefani). AHS and Magic Mike made him very well known. He never mentions his tv shows like Chuck, Traveler, or Tru Calling or movies like Space Station 76 , Flightplan, etc. He has at least managed to be a working actor most of the time. Billy Ray says Matt is the only actor he considered for Last Tycoon, but he never says why. Did they already know each other?

R439 Yes, they did. Billy Ray and Matt Bomer met years ago. Billy wrote the script for Flightplan.

By "doing favors for friends" does he mean Ruffalo and Murphy?

I would imagine he is referring to Ruffalo, since Murphy is still providing work which he takes,

Here's the thing: Bomer and Halls are both huge cocksuckers for anyone higher on the Hollywood food chain than them. Anyone with two brain cells could have told Bomer it was a terrible idea to play trans, but ooooooooh Mark Ruffalo. So there we have that.

Yup! I truly think they have listed the Tranny Movie as a DO NOT ASK topic for interviews. It is literally dead.

think Bomer is talking about saying no to certain roles, Murphy, Ruffalo, Channing. He is directing for Murphy not acting on AHS. Btw what's wrong with role? So many actors have won awards. It's a dream role. The political climate right now is bad, that's all.

If he regrets his role in Anything, it is probably only because of the political fallout. It would have been a challenging role and the critics who saw the movie liked it. Too bad the rest of us won't get a chance to see it.

I bet he's amazing in Anything ( and in anything) too bad the trans activism killed this movie before it came out. I would LOVE to see it. I'm sure he put his heart and soul into it like he did in The Normal Heart.

Matt just confirmed he and Simon have been together for 10 years.

Was Simon Matt's publicist at some point? does anyone know?

Jesus Christ, learn to read. He said "over ten years." I don't know why the fuck he's so paranoid about telling people he's been with Mr Peabody since 2004, nobody gives a fuck that he stole him away from David Burtka.

Same interview over and over. Artist artist artist.

Halls was never Bomer's publicist in an official capacity. Once Bomer actually needed a publicist for White Collar, Halls assigned him to Jennifer Allen who was an underling at PMKHBH. Then when that agency imploded, Allen kept him as a client when she went on to start her own agency.

Bomer hooked up two friends, Zachary Quinto and Lee Pace, with Halls for PR. They both fired him.

Does Bomer know that Ruffalo is a big fan of Linda Cockroach?

Of course Bomer only regrets Anything because of the political fallout. Surely his agents/managers with all their breadth of experience, would have warned him against taking a trans prostitute role in this climate, after what Jared Leto went through. But noooo, Mark Ruffalo needed his cock sucked (metaphorically) so he took the role.

Same thing with Magic Mike 2, Bomer actually had some leverage with that film because they needed him, you think he could have insisted that he get written some funny scenes. But no, Channing needed his cock sucked, so he settled for warbling out those two songs and as a result his big finale he does with microphone wires coming out of his ass.

How old are the twins now?

The twins are 9 and kit is 12. The article originally said Matt and Simon have been together for 10 years but, has since been updated. It now says together for over 10 years.

I really would have liked to see this movie too. It's really sad it couldn't be viewed as just a love story.

As I read these different interviews and reviews it saddens me that he is referred to as an out gay actor and not just an actor. I wonder if we will ever see the day when all those labels will be dropped.

R448 The article from r447 stated he used to represent him. 🤔

That's a great article! I think it's pretty obvious that in 2004 he got together with Simon, and came out to his family, and had his first (Simon's) child. He has talked in other interviews about how that changed his life. It fits with his career history, too. They seem amazingly happy with each other after so many years together. He tries hard to balance his personal & professional life in an authentic way. For him, being gay is just part of who he is, not a "lifestyle." He seems more comfortable with himself in recent interviews, less rehearsed, maybe because he will be 40 yrs old this Fall.

If the article stated that he used to represent him, it was never in any official capacity (not saying he didn't do pro bono work). When Bomer got together with Mr Peabody, he was so minor (just off Tru Calling) he would not have needed/been able to afford a top Hollywood publicist.

They seem like a solid couple. Would love to hear a joint interview some day. I wish being gay wasn't such a taboo for an actor.

Rare interview with Matt & Simon after Golden Globe Award. Simon comes in at about 3:50.

Andy Cohen asked, "Does it give you s boner, Matt Bomer?"

Not threesomes, but Speedos, "if you can pull them off." (I'd love to pull them off him!)

Wow, and I thought Transbomer film would be the saddest thing he did this year.

Sad? Really? Well, be sure you don't watch the rest of that show then. 😄

Another excerpt from the Andy Cohen show - some gossip about Magic Mike

What’s so hard about having REAL transgender people playing TRANSGENDER roles in movies?

What happened with this movie after all?

It's on the shelf.

Only a few people on LA got to see it. The trans killed it with hysteria.

Sad this film is on the shelf. Anyway, Bomer and daddy Ruffalo are not hurting for projects or exposure currently.

It's a matter of principle. Can actors play roles or can they only represent their own reality? If only trans can play trans, then only gays can play gays and only straights can play straights. Your sexuality defines you.

R469 I'm confused are you speaking for or against? This is getting released next year according to one Instagram post. I'm surprised frankly. No other news.

Bomer just looks too bloody murdering bottom to play any deep character. Those butt plugging gaze is such boner killer.

[quote]Duckling alludes to regret for doing "Anything". He also uses the word 'artist ' fifty times, uses the words "authentic self" for the bazillionth interview, reminds us that he used to have sex with girls, and alludes to Boys in the Band. He also will be directing an episode of Versace for Ryan Murphy. “I will say that in the past couple of months I’ve really realized that it’s OK to not say yes to everything,” he continues. “It’s OK to take your time as an artist and pull in the purse strings and wait for something that really hits you with a thump in the heart. I spent a lot of time after that trying to do favors to friends and trying to do what I thought I should or what people told me I should. I think the artist’s path, especially in this day and age, it’s so easy to stray from your intuition.”

-Duckling is not known for wittiness in interviews.

[quote]I think he is embarrassed by his role in AHS with that stupid orgy with the stupid Gaga. He clearly says that is not he signed up for. It's an honest interview.

He is so Joe Manganiello... LMFAO.

Duckling troll symptoms are flaring up lmfao. R471 Having a hard time with boners eh? don't blame it on Bomer lmao.

Bomer says “It’s OK to take your time as the gay artist and pull the purse strings and wait for something that really hits you in the butt with a hump in the hole by Simon to recover."

That was a deeply honest interview from an artist.

R429 He always blame others for things he didn't get. He's such a weak character.

[quote]To me, Bomer is a 21st century Cary Grant, he is debasing himself -No, Duckling is Duckling. All his roles from Magic Mike to Transbomer are a testament to his Ducklingness; even Ryan Murphy sees this which is why he puts Bomer in these borderline insulting roles while giving better roles to Wes Bentley and Finn Wittrock.

Makes more sense on why he was namedropping his puberty orgy partner Gaga as "Stefani", to feel more serious, more adult.

I WANT TO SEE ANYTHING!

Ok, guys, you can go back to trash talking now.

Okay, now that the movie is available to watch online, has anyone seen it? Was Matt credible? Was the movie well written? What about the other characters? Is it worth seeing?

I thought the acting was okay, but the plot was unbelievable. This grieving newly widowed insurance aged from Mississippi moves to Los Angeles at the insistence of his overbearing sister after he attempts suicide. He then decides to move into a sleazy apartment in Hollywood where his neighbors are drug addicts and prostitutes and he falls in love with a trans. When he tries to introduce her to his sister and her family, things go badly. Really???

(No spoilers. You can get that much from the trailer.)

OK, SPOILER: So it seems that the widower “loves” the trans and is relatively unconcerned about what their sexual relationship will be like as long as it’s “fun.” They never even kiss, so where the passion is coming from is a mystery. The sister acts like a total bitch, but she does kind of have a point about her brother’s naïveté. Meanwhile the whole heroin dealer-victim sidestory seems pointless. It’s unclear why any of these people care about each other, if they really even do.

You know there’s a problem when the most attractive character is a drug dealer. Micah Hauptmann plays David.