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Thursday, July 8, 2010

'White Collar' interview: Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay talk characters, 'Chuck' debate



"White Collar" is coming back in full force, as the smart USA Network series returns on Tuesday, July 13. Earlier this week I had an opportunity to talk to the show's two leads, Matt Bomer (Neal) and Tim DeKay (Peter), about the show. As a devoted fan of NBC's "Chuck", it was also impossible to go through a conversation without bringing up Bomer's past work as Bryce Larkin.

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Matt Carter: This question actually goes out to both of you -- how do you guys see Neal and Peter’s relationship kind of shifting and evolving now, especially with the new dynamics involving Kate [who died last season] and Mozzie's increased role?

Tim: I think it’s like any other relationship that changes and evolves, but at the base of it, I just get the feeling that these two care for each other very much, and with that, they’re going to have a good time together. They’re going to be hurt by each other, and are going to possibly not trust each other to greater degrees than previously or lesser degrees than previously. But I think that’s to [creator and executive producer] Jeff Eastin’s credit, in writing a very complex—you know, people have said, 'Oh, this is a buddy-cop relationship that these two have.' I think yes, it is. But, I think it’s much more than that and that’s because Jeff Eastin has said, ;No, no, no. I want it to be more than that.; And I think he’s written something more than that.

Matt Bomer: I would echo that sentiment and just say yes, it’s about two guys who have a mutual respect for each other, who have a lot of differences but who compensate for each other’s differences in interesting ways, and who always end up, at the end of the day, having a pretty good time together. But the one dynamic that’s always shifting and changing between our relationship and between the series at large is that of trust.

Matt Carter: I have to ask this to satisfy both the 'White Collar' and 'Chuck' fan in me. Matt, do you think that Neal Caffrey could take down Bryce Larkin in a fight?

Matt Bomer (laughs): Neal could outsmart him, but if you’re talking about a UFC cage match, Bryce would definitely win.

Stay tuned for more on season two of "White Collar" and other USA Network shows.



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