Matt Bomer is having a great year, one that started with the fall release of Maestro — he stars opposite Bradley Cooper as David Oppenheim, who had an affair with Leonard Bernstein — and now in the acclaimed Paramount+ limited series Fellow Travelers, which is in the heat of the Emmy race and winning praise for Bomer’s performance. He plays the complicated Hawkins Fuller in a show that spans from the 1950s to the ’80s chronicling the relationship between two very different men in a world and political environment that made things difficult for both.
And, as he confirms in this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, Bomer may not quite be done playing the complex Neal Caffrey, the intriguing character he brought to life for six years on the USA series White Collar. There is real talk of bringing it back, though there is much to work out first. The series, which which ran from 2009-2014, has been seen of late on Hulu, but is returning to Netflix this week, a move that could significantly increase interest in the show the same way the streamer did for another USA basic cable series of old, Suits.
These are just some of the topics we get into in a wide-ranging conversation in which Bomer talks about growing up in a small town in Texas, being openly gay and committed to telling authentic stories (including his Emmy-nominated performance in The Normal Heart, for which he lost more than 50 pounds), his roles in everything from Magic Mike to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and now taking more charge of his career by adding producing to his talents as well.
To watch our conversation, click on the video above.
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