“I just didn’t have a career that warranted that,” he explained.
But both characters had begun to cast him in the mold of “a straight leading man.”
“I didn’t have anything to fall back on,” Bomer continued.

Matt Bomer at the ‘Mid-Century Modern’ premiere in 2025.Credit:Savion Washington/FilmMagic
“But what I had was a loving family.
That was my safety net.
And I was like, you know what?

Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in ‘Fellow Travelers’.Courtesy of SHOWTIME
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