For anyone who has not seen The Normal Heart yest, you are missing out on an incredible film. Matt Bomer who played Mark Ruffalo’s partner, Felix in the film, says that he can not let go of the character, it has changed him for the better.
“I don’t want to let go of Felix. Usually by the time I’m done [with a role], I’m like, “OK, let’s close that chapter and move on,” but I don’t want to let go of him because I think he changed me for the better. I grew from getting to play him. What I love about their relationship is it is so symbiotic, because Felix is having trouble with his authenticity but is also incredibly available to intimacy and a real relationship. And Ned is this firebrand who’s completely authentic, and comfortable with who he is, but is terrified of intimacy. Together they help heal each other… There was a moment when Mark and I — after we finished the wedding scene, which I think was the last thing we filmed together — just held on to each other and sobbed for a good 15 minutes. Not because of anything we had done but because we were a part of this story that was so much bigger than us, and because we knew that this was how a generation of people had to say goodbye to each other. Taking in the gravity of that moment was really overwhelming. It was just one of those things you don’t ever forget.”
Just reading this makes my eyes well up all over again! Like i did through the majority of the movie.
– Matt Bomer explaining why playing Felix in HBO’s The Normal Heart was so important to him, in an interview with Los Angeles Times
via Matt Bomer Can’t Let Go Of His “Normal Heart” Character, Feels It Changed Him For The Better / Queerty.
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