The New Normal and Upcoming Movie Roles

    Matt Bomer is a busy guy! He will be making a guest appearance on Ryan Murphy's The New Normal on ABC in addition to his upcoming movie roles. Matt will be playing Bryan's (Andrew Rannells) ex boyfriend who cheated on him with a woman. No news yet on when the episode will air.

Matt Bomer                                           Andrew Rannells

 
     Matt Bomer will also be playing in Ryan Murphy's A Normal Heart. He plays the part of Felix Turner, a gay journalist who falls for a gay activist (Mark Ruffalo) and contracts AIDS. A Normal Heart is an autobiographical drama that shows the rise of AIDS in the 1980s  among New York's gay community. Also starring are Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Jim Parsons, and Mark Ruffalo. Matt spoke about his part in the movie . “It becomes the story of unconditional love in a romantic relationship under fire,” he says. “I have never felt a responsibility to get a role right more than this. We want the movie to be unflinchingly truthful.”

     
   Matt is also playing in an upcoming drama called Winter's Tale. It's based on the 1983 novel by Mark Helperin. The story is about a thief  (Colin Farrell) who breaks into a dying woman's home and how they eventually become lovers. Matt Bomer plays Farell's father (really?) in the beginning scenes of the movie.Winter's Tale is currently filming in New York.

Matt Bomer on the set of Winter's Tale

   
     Filmmaker Jack Plotnick's science fiction film Space Station 76 has recently finished filming and is in post production. The movie follows the lives of people on the space station and is set in the 70's version of the future. Matt Bomer plays a technician with a robotic hand and Marisa Coughlan plays his wife. Patrick Wilson plays a suicidal captain and Liv Tyler plays his assistant. They have really kept this one quiet, and there just isn't a lot of information out there on Space Station 76. No release date has been announced.