-Yeah! -Hey. How you doing, man?
-Matt Bomer, it's always great to see you.
I was just talking to Maya Rudolph.
I think I still have glue on my face from doing this.
And we were talking about Kamala.
And last time you were here,
I made a pitch that you should play Tom Brady.
And I meant it.
And I was thinking, like, is there any politician
that you think you'd be good at playing?
-Well, first of all, I need to start commissioning you,
because people come up to me on the street
and think that that's a real movie.
And they ask for updates about the Tom Brady biopic.
-It should be a Tom Brady biopic.
There should be one. -And I'm like, "Ask Jimmy."
-I'm good at this. I have an idea.
How about this? -Yes.
-I think you should do JFK.
-Yeah. I was going to say it would have to be a Kennedy.
That would be the dream. -Or JFK Jr.
-I really believe that.
-I love that American dynasty kind of thing
that they got going on.
That's it. -I think you could crush it.
-That's it. Let's put it out there.
-We're going to put it out there.
I'm telling you, there is at least four Kennedy movies
in the works, getting ready right now.
I know for a fact. -Yeah.
-So, Matt Bomer would be perfect to play,
really, any of the Kennedys.
-Alright. I'm in. I'm in. -Alright, I put it out there.
Let me know what happens.
Oh, this is going to be exciting.
You're quarantining with your husband
and your three teenage sons.
-Yes. -You posted this.
I follow your -- You're great on Instagram, by the way.
-Oh, thanks, man. -And I love following you.
And one of the things that you said --
the best things you watched in quarantine
was the Beastie Boys documentary.
-Oh. -That was -- that was great.
Are you -- Were you a big fan growing up?
-Huge fan.
I mean, I'll never forget -- it's so iconic to me,
when my brother got the "Licensed to Ill" tape.
-Yeah. -That's how old I am.
-It was the tape. -Oh, yeah.
-And I knew how to, like, turn it around to rewind it
to get right back to the beginning of the song
on the other side, because I didn't have
the boom box that had rewind on it.
-So you fast-forwarded it?
-Remember you used to have to flip it around and fast-forward?
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-We used to do that. That's such a great reference.
-Dude, the best. And they just blew my mind, man.
I mean, I'm still such a huge fan of Ad-Rock,
and they just -- I was like, "What is going on
in the world outside of suburban Texas?"
And Spike Jonze is one of my favorite filmmakers,
so it was just like that meme of eating popcorn.
Like, I couldn't get enough.
It could have gone on for two more hours.
-I love those guys so much. -Me too.
-I read somewhere that you used to write songs to them
when you were a little kid.
Do you remember doing this?
-Oh, this is so humbling.
I started writing poetry when I was 7 or 8.
-Wow.
-And my first poem was called "Kingdoms in Conflict."
Started with some light subject matter there.
Just keeping it light.
-7 years old? "Kingdoms in Conflict."
-And my older brother actually found it,
which, for me, was like, obviously,
my biggest nightmare at that time,
because I was fully expecting him to just, like, lacerate me.
-Yeah. Read it in front of everybody.
-As big brothers are supposed to do.
And he read it and he was just like, "Wow.
Okay, man." -"This kid's deep.
Matt's on a different level." -"This is pretty deep.
Go ahead.
You go do -- You go have your kingdoms in conflict.
I'll be here with my G.I. Joes when you're ready.
-Oh, that would be a great song.
-I think it should be the title of our JFK biopic.
It's going to be "Kingdoms in Conflict."
-Again, someone is watching this writing
"Kingdoms in Conflict."
And I can't wait for you to be in it,
because, honestly, when you win your Oscar for it,
you have to just -- You don't even have to say my name.
You don't even have to say my name.
Just straighten your bow tie or something.
I'll know it's for me. I'll know it's for me.
-I'll just -- I'm going to just, like,
bring up a picture of you
and just put it in front of your picture
and walk offstage.
-No. I want you to do that,
and then I'll know we have this forever, this bond.
And then we'll come on the show. We'll talk about it.
We'll show this clip. That's the way it all works.
Last time, I think we talked --
You were talking about "The Boys in the Band"
on Broadway.
-Yes.
-It was a play that you guys revived.
And you actually won a Tony.
And you're now in this film.
It's a Netflix film with the exact same cast.
-Yes. -Can you set up what it's about?
-Yeah. It's about this group of eight guys
who all gather together for a birthday party
at an apartment in New York in 1968,
just pre-Stonewall.
It's a group of eight gay friends.
And the arrival of an unexpected visitor/interloper
sort of throws the whole night into chaos
and calls all the relationships with themselves and each other
and society into question.
And, at the same time, it's, also, I think, really funny.
So it's got a little something for everybody.
-I loved it. I thought it was fantastic.
It was well done. And what a cast, too.
-I love those guys, man.
We had the best time on Broadway.
We were that cast that, like, came to the stage door early
to hang out with each other and hung out afterwards.
We had epic karaoke nights, where I would get
different glam-rock wigs for us to wear.
And I think that sense of ensemble that you kind of earn,
as you know from being on something like "SNL,"
from doing this show live eight times a week,
I think we were able to kind of bring that to the film.
-Yeah. It's good stuff. I love it so much.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here are Matt Bomer and Jim Parsons in
"The Boys in the Band."
Take a look at this.
-You in a blue funk because of the doctor?
-Christ, no.
I was depressed long before I got there.
-Well, this should pick you up.
I went shopping today and I bought all sorts of goodies.
Look. Sandalwood soap.
-I feel better already. -Mm-hmm. Got in here...
Oh, your very own toothbrush,
because I am sick to death of you using mine.
-How do you think I feel?
-You've had worse things in your mouth.
Oh, also for you.
Something called Control.
Notice nowhere is it called hair spray.
Just simply Control
and the words "for man" written about 37 times
all over the goddamn can.
-It's called butch assurance.
-Well, it's still hair spray, no matter if they call it Balls.
-Matt Bomer.
"The Boys in the Band" is streaming right now on Netflix.
I want to hear when you get this Kennedy script.
I want to hear about the Tom Brady script.
We have lots of things to catch up with,
and you're one of our favorites.
Thanks for coming on the show. I appreciate it, buddy.
-Same, man.
Thank you so much and thank you for all the laughs
over the past several months, man.
It's really gotten me through a lot,
so I really appreciate it.