It falls on Bomer’s performance to convince you of that love and the tragedy of its eventual end, and the actor-who is himself married to publicist Simon Halls, with whom he has three sons-rises to the occasion in positively gutting fashion.
It’s human, rooted in the real, once-in-a-lifetime love that Felix and Ned share. The play works because it’s not just a diatribe. (Bomer lost an astonishing 40 pounds in order to more convincingly play Felix’s last days.) But it’s not just painful to watch Felix’s slow death because of the tragic circumstances on face value-death is sad-but because of the emotional investment you have in his relationship with Ned.Īs much as The Normal Heart is a searing call to arms-if you’ve ever read the play, you can practically see the words leaping off the page in the shape of an angry, shaking fist-it’s a love story. It’s shattering to watch Felix’s deterioration as his body succumbs to the effects of AIDS. It’s a bleak and accurate statement that becomes all the more wrenching as Felix contracts the disease, flippantly referred to as “gay cancer,” and begins to die. “They’re letting us die because they don’t like us,” Tommy says in one of the film’s relentless-though necessary-monologues. Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch stars as a conflicted activist, and The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons is Tommy, a more fatalist crusader whose soft anger somehow manages to stave off his dejected resignation. Emma Brookner, a doctor literally flipping over tables in frustration as she attempts to get the word out about the disease that is killing her patients. The Normal Heart boasts a stacked cast, which makes it no small praise to say that Bomer’s is the performance that lingers with you. Felix is a New York Times reporter who catches the eye-and then the heart-of Ned Weeks, the lead character played by Mark Ruffalo, a mad-as-hell megaphone determined to get his gay friends and the government to acknowledge the urgency of the plague. But we’re not used to simply being in awe of him, as we are-and you’ll soon be-after watching his devastating performance in The Normal Heart.īomer plays Felix Turner in HBO’s powerful adaptation of Larry Kramer’s galvanizing 1985 play, an enough-is-enough screed on the gay community’s struggle to have the AIDS epidemic taken seriously. We’re used to staring in awe at the 36-year-old actor with the piercing blue eyes, so suave and debonair in White Collar and so astonishingly chiseled as a male stripper in Magic Mike.
Willie most definitely spoiled me.” The actress shared some personal photos, including of a “Calm Down” tattoo she recently got in honor of Garson’s usual advice.You don’t know it yet, but you’re about to be blown away by Matt Bomer. Social media is ablaze right now with evidence of that….each person in his life felt special. Intentional with his effort and attention and devotion. So I will not be able to fully articulate my feelings here. Hilarie Burton Morgan, who played Sara Ellis for the better part of two seasons, on Wednesday morning shared that, having been alerted by “friends, coworkers” and “total strangers,” “The world knows that has been a pivotal player in my life. Heaven got an amazing man today and they are incredibly lucky. You fought this battle with strength and grace. It’s still hard for me to believe you’re not here. You know I love you and always will,” while co-star Tiffani Thiessen shared the following on Instagram: “Willie, my dear sweet friend, I’m utterly heartbroken.
#MATT BPMER SERIES#
The series finale aired in 2014.įellow White Collar vet Tim DeKay tweeted, “Godspeed, Wilhelm.
They appeared in all six seasons of the USA Network caper. On White Collar, Garson and Bomer played con artists and friends, Mozzie and Neal. And your White Collar family is always here for Nathen. Save a place for me, because you know I want to be at your table up there.” “You live on in our hearts and minds always. “I love you forever Willie Garson,” Bomer concluded.
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