Matt Bomer CallsWhite CollarRevival Script 'Fantastic,' Picks Up Where They Left Off (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Matt Bomer on the set of ‘White Collar’ in 2013.Photo:Mediapunch/Shutterstock

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IfMatt Bomercould have his way,White Collarwould get the revival it deserves.

“It’s fantastic, and it’s completely in line and in keeping with the show that we were able to do six seasons of,” Bomer tells PEOPLE. “It really just feels like he was able to pick up the right where we left off.”

“It’s a really intelligent, fun, organic way to bring all the characters back together to pay tribute toWillie Garson,Diahann Carrolland folks we’ve lost since the show ended, which was really important to me,” he continues. “It’s something that if you enjoyed the show, you really will have a good time watching it.”

Treat Williams and Matt Bomer in season 4 of ‘White Collar.'.David Giesbrecht/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

David Giesbrecht/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

“So much of that experience was just being with that group of people,” says Bomer, pointing out that DeKay remains a close friend. “We worked long hours on that show, and itneverfelt like work. It was just such a fun, free, open environment and a great place to just create and explore the characters.”

White Collar,which for six seasons from 2009 to 2014, featured a cast that included Bomer, DeKay, Thiessen, Garson, whodied in 2021at age 57, and Carroll, whodied in 2019at age 84.

Inan interview with PEOPLEin February, Bomer remembered Garson, who played Neal’s close friend Mozzie.

“I have only special memories of working with Willie,” Bomer said. “He made every day more fun. He made every day more funny. He certainly added color to any room he was in, any conversation he was in, and he was a beautiful actor to get to work with. … Whenever I looked in the call sheet and I said that I was going to have scenes with Mozzie, coming up that next week, I knew it was going to be a fun day at work.”

Matt Bomer.Jake Chessum

Jake Chessum

In addition toWhite Collar, Bomer also discussed his role as Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller inFellow Travelers, which earned him a2024 Emmynomination for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie.

Hawk is a State Department official hiding his sexuality who is swept up in a decades-long relationship with Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey). She show spans from 1950s Joseph McCarthy communist trials to the 1980s AIDS crisis.

“When I was nominated, I was so grateful and happy, obviously, but I was also mostly just grateful that a show likeFellow Travelerscould exist in the world today, because we’ve all been around at a time when it couldn’t, and we could be on the precipice of a time when it couldn’t again,” he says. “So I’m just really thankful that we were able to get the show made.”

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All six seasons ofWhite Collarare available to stream on Netflix.Fellow Travelersis available to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.

source: people.com