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If you've ever grazed past a shot of "White Collar" actor Matt Bomer in a magazine, on TV or on the Internet (maybe you saw him on Hollywood Crush?) and done a major double take, you're not alone. We, too, think he has an uncanny resemblance to a few other choice attractive actors, namely "Vampire Diaries" bad boy Ian Somerhalder and "Smallville" star Tom Welling.

So, when Matt came into the MTV News offices to chat about the return of his USA series, we just couldn't let him leave without asking him the real question on all of our minds: Are the three of you guys really not related? Just look at those pictures above — it's hard to tell the difference, right? After the jump, check out what Matt had to say about our family tree inquisition!



"We're not related, no," Matt insisted with a laugh. "I mean I've hung out with Ian a couple of times, he's a great guy. I'm very flattered to be in the same photo album as these two. I don't necessarily see the similarities; I think they're in a different echelon, but it's very flattering being included with them." Oh, Matt, your modesty is so charming!

Well, bloodlines or not, we think these guys should star in a movie together and Matt agrees. "Something about triplets," he pitches. "Writers, if you're out there, take note. Something about triplets — me, Ian, Tom." We're fantasizing about it already!

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"I actually screen-tested for Superman, and there was a time when Brett Ratner and I were going to work together on it," Bomer told MTV News. "That particular incarnation of that franchise sort of fell apart, and then it became a whole different beast."

"I was in full tights," he laughed when asked how much of the costume he had donned for his screen test. "I was rocking the tights, the speedo, all of it."

"It was really surreal," he added. "As a kid, you grow up idolizing superheroes, and to be in that garb was really fun and surreal and humbling. ... It was a really great experience, and one that I'm really thankful for. I got to live out a childhood fantasy, if only for the period of the screen test."

Bomer, who earned extra comics cred for dropping by Splash Page HQ post-interview to talk comics, also shared some of his thoughts about the superhero genre as a whole.

"I think superheroes are really fun roles," he said. "I think they're something we'll always need as a society, because they show us what we could be and that hopefully, no matter how scary and bad things get, there's always somebody who can help us — or that humanity really wins out in the end."

"Usually they have a great duality to the character," he added. "There's this superhero aspect and their alter ego is usually somebody completely different."

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"First and foremost, — it comes from the name — is just the confidence," Matt dishes about being a smooth criminal. "What I learned about a good con artist is that they do their homework just like a good actor prepares for a role. They prepare for every mark they have. You have to be able to spot a really good mark, do your homework and have the confidence to pull it off."

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