In the latest interview with the magazine Variety, Matt Bomer ("Ordinary Heart", "Missing", "White Collar") admitted that at one time he led the negotiations on obtaining the lead role in the famous mole of Luke Guadagnino "call me with your name" (2017). According to the actor, he had to play Oliver, whose role in the end went to the armor Hammer:
I had a meeting with [the executive producer "call me with my name"] Derek Simonds for another a few years before he took up the creation of this film. We had a very fruitful conversation from which we made a lot of creative ideas. We expected that I would play Oliver. Of course, I really liked the source material. I liked to discuss it with Simonds. I thought this painting had a huge potential. The simonds then switched to other projects, so I also focused on other affairs.
Along with Hummer, the leading role in the "name for your name" played Timothy Shalam, for which this film was a turning point in his career. According to the results of 2017, "call me with your own name", whose budget was only $ 4 million, received four nominations for Oscar, won the award in the category "Best Adapted Scenario".