Actor Matt Bomer lost the role of Superman after he was outted as gay
Actor Matt Bomer lost the role of Superman after he was outted as gay
“That was a time in the industry when something like that could still really be weaponized against you.”
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I was guessing the movie was Superman Returns, just because of how ironic it would have been.
20 0 ReplyThe article says it was a canceled JJ Abrams movie called "Superman: Fly-by"
9 0 ReplyThat's about the level of creativity I expect from abrams. "See Superman flys, so the movie is called fly by! It's evocative!"
14 0 ReplyLol and here I was picturing Superman with an uzi doing a drive-by while flying
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Flyboy*
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That's what I was thinking... 2001 to 2003? Being gay didn't seem to hurt Bryan Singer... X-Men was 2000. X2 was 2003.
Singer left the franchise to do Superman Returns in 2006.
9 3 Replybehind the camera vs front of the camera?
8 0 ReplyWell, Singer was behind the camera, but he also came up with the most homoerotic looking Superman:
I think it's the smaller shield and boyshorts.
Compared with:
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/104995/5346821-0495726539-bfde4.jpg
or the new guy:
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I mean, that was a different studio and media company... easily possibly that Warner had a homophobic manager up in the food chain while Fox did not
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Can you explain why?
I tried looking but I'm not sure what it is am looking for and there was A LOT of new articles about its event.
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