Even without a role inBarbie,Matt Bomeris Kenough.TheMaestroactor appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Wednesday and revealed that he doesn’t regret passing on theGreta Gerwig-directed blockbuster, which hit theaters in July, after he’d initially auditioned to play one of the Kens.“You made headlines this summer, which I think was very fun, for a movie that you werenotin,” hostJimmy Fallonbegan. “Not many people do that. I mean, normally they’reinthe movie.”“I got really into it, actually,” Bomer, 46, recalled of the audition process. “I had some projects in development — I wasn’t sure if they were gonna happen, or when they were gonna happen — so I auditioned.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Matt Bomer onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonDec. 6, 2023 (L); Scott Evans, Ryan Gosling, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Simu Liu inBarbie(2023).Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesBomer said he donned “four different looks” for the audition that included “Malibu Ken” and “business suit Ken,” and had been “looking forward to” being in the film.But as the star explained to Fallon, 49,he didn’t take the role inBarbiebecause some of the projects he had in development “came to fruition” and he also would have needed to be away from his family for a year, “which was just too much time away.”Asked whether he thought he should have doneBarbiedue to it now being“the biggest movie in the world,”Bomer replied, “No.”“I mean, I hope I get to work with Greta someday — she’s phenomenal,” he added of Gerwig, 40. “But I think they made a perfect movie and it was cast perfectly, and I got to doFellow TravelersandMaestroand spend time with my family.”Matt Bomer onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonDec. 6, 2023.Todd Owyoung/NBC via GettyIn November, Bomer opened up about hisBarbieauditioning processtoVanity Fair.“I recorded it on my own, played a bunch of different Kens — and I dressed differently for all of them,” he told the outlet. “I recorded the lines of the other person’s dialogue on my recorder and then gave myself space to respond.”Meanwhile, Bomer told PEOPLE in 2020 that he prefers tokeep his kids out of the limelight,explaining that he wants them “to have a nice, normal childhood,” and doesn’t “want anybody out on stage any time soon.”“When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, ‘What are you talking about?! Go outside and play!’ I’m so glad they did,” he said at the time. “I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don’t think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old.”Bomer shares three sons —Kit, born in 2005, and twins Henry and Walker, born in 2008 — with his husband,Simon Halls. Halls, 59, is known as one of the most successful publicists in Hollywood andtied the knot with Bomer in 2011.
Even without a role inBarbie,Matt Bomeris Kenough.
TheMaestroactor appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Wednesday and revealed that he doesn’t regret passing on theGreta Gerwig-directed blockbuster, which hit theaters in July, after he’d initially auditioned to play one of the Kens.
“You made headlines this summer, which I think was very fun, for a movie that you werenotin,” hostJimmy Fallonbegan. “Not many people do that. I mean, normally they’reinthe movie.”
“I got really into it, actually,” Bomer, 46, recalled of the audition process. “I had some projects in development — I wasn’t sure if they were gonna happen, or when they were gonna happen — so I auditioned.”
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Matt Bomer onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonDec. 6, 2023 (L); Scott Evans, Ryan Gosling, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Simu Liu inBarbie(2023).Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Bomer said he donned “four different looks” for the audition that included “Malibu Ken” and “business suit Ken,” and had been “looking forward to” being in the film.
But as the star explained to Fallon, 49,he didn’t take the role inBarbiebecause some of the projects he had in development “came to fruition” and he also would have needed to be away from his family for a year, “which was just too much time away.”
Asked whether he thought he should have doneBarbiedue to it now being“the biggest movie in the world,”Bomer replied, “No.”
“I mean, I hope I get to work with Greta someday — she’s phenomenal,” he added of Gerwig, 40. “But I think they made a perfect movie and it was cast perfectly, and I got to doFellow TravelersandMaestroand spend time with my family.”
Matt Bomer onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonDec. 6, 2023.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
In November, Bomer opened up about hisBarbieauditioning processtoVanity Fair.
“I recorded it on my own, played a bunch of different Kens — and I dressed differently for all of them,” he told the outlet. “I recorded the lines of the other person’s dialogue on my recorder and then gave myself space to respond.”
Meanwhile, Bomer told PEOPLE in 2020 that he prefers tokeep his kids out of the limelight,explaining that he wants them “to have a nice, normal childhood,” and doesn’t “want anybody out on stage any time soon.”
“When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, ‘What are you talking about?! Go outside and play!’ I’m so glad they did,” he said at the time. “I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don’t think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old.”
Bomer shares three sons —Kit, born in 2005, and twins Henry and Walker, born in 2008 — with his husband,Simon Halls. Halls, 59, is known as one of the most successful publicists in Hollywood andtied the knot with Bomer in 2011.
source: people.com
