WATCH: Jackie Collins Says Matt Bomer Lost Superman Role Because He's Gay

The novelist, who discusses a range of gay issues in a radio interview, says the actor was considered for Superman Flyby, a film that ultimately was not produced.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.

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Matt Bomer lost out on a chance to play Superman because he's gay, at least according to author Jackie Collins.

Collins, whose sexy and sensational novels are often set against a showbiz background and frequently feature gay characters, tells Gaydar Radio that Bomer, the White Collar star who came out this year, was being considered in 2003 for the lead in Superman Flyby, a film that was ultimately never made.

Bomer "had not come out of the closet, but people in the know knew he was gay," Collins says. "His audition tape went in and he called up the agent. Someone didn't like him and told [the producers] he was gay. They said, 'No, no, we can't cast you.' The reason he didn't get cast was because he was gay."

Collins, who does not reveal her source for the information, also talks to Gaydar Radio interviewers Neil Sexton and Debbie Ryan about her many gay friends, why closeted actors don't come out, and her belief that the world isn't getting better for women and LGBT people. In addition, Sexton and Ryan try to guess who the gay characters in Collins's new novel, The Power Trip, are based on. Watch a promo for the interview below, and listen to the full segment here.