{"id":225059,"date":"2023-12-08T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=225059"},"modified":"2023-12-08T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:36:08","slug":"matt-bomer-turned-down-the-barbie-movie-due-to-other-projects-has-no-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/celebrities\/matt-bomer-turned-down-the-barbie-movie-due-to-other-projects-has-no-regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Bomer turned down the Barbie movie due to other projects, has no regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"


During their heyday, I was a big fan of the USA shows, so I\u2019ve been drooling over Matt Bomer since\u2026actually, since he was a Bryce Larkin on NBC\u2019s Chuck<\/em>. But I did love him in White Collar<\/em> too! USA shows always had the most fun panels at Comic-Con. Anyway, before we even heard who was cast in Barbie<\/em>, if you would have asked me who could have played Ken, Matt Bomer would have been in my top 5. Turns out Matt was thisclose<\/em> to playing a Ken! During his recent appearance on The Tonight Show<\/em> show, Matt shared that just like Dan Levy, Bowen Yang, and Jonathan Groff, he ultimately had to turn his role down due to other projects and the production\u2019s strict Covid rules.<\/p>\n

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The Maestro actor appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday and revealed that he doesn\u2019t regret passing on the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster, which hit theaters in July, after he’d initially auditioned to play one of the Kens.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou made headlines this summer, which I think was very fun, for a movie that you were not in,\u201d host Jimmy Fallon began. \u201cNot many people do that. I mean, normally they\u2019re in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I got really into it, actually,” Bomer, 46, recalled of the audition process. “I had some projects in development \u2014 I wasn’t sure if they were gonna happen, or when they were gonna happen \u2014 so I auditioned.”<\/p>\n

Bomer said he donned \u201cfour different looks\u201d for the audition that included \u201cMalibu Ken\u201d and \u201cbusiness suit Ken,\u201d and had been “looking forward to” being in the film. But as the star explained to Fallon, 49, he didn\u2019t take the role in Barbie because 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, \u201cwhich was just too much time away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he thought he should have done Barbie due to it now being \u201cthe biggest movie in the world,\u201d Bomer replied, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I hope I get to work with Greta someday \u2014 she\u2019s phenomenal,\u201d he added of Gerwig, 40. \u201cBut I think they made a perfect movie and it was cast perfectly, and I got to do Fellow Travelers and Maestro and spend time with my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

In November, Bomer opened up about his Barbie auditioning process to Vanity Fair. \u201cI recorded it on my own, played a bunch of different Kens \u2014 and I dressed differently for all of them,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI recorded the lines of the other person\u2019s dialogue on my recorder and then gave myself space to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[From People]<\/p>\n

Hey, good for Matt that he has no regrets over ultimately choosing his family over doing the one of the biggest movies of the year. FOMO is real, but it\u2019s also a sign of maturity to recognize your limits and be at peace with your decisions. Still, he would have made an awesome ‘business suit’ Ken. I really hope future Barbie<\/em> extras or special features include all of the audition tapes of the well-known actors who weren\u2019t able to be in the movie. I think those would be SO much fun to watch. <\/p>\n