“From the beginning, [they] were giving us notes that weren’t constricting at all.

They were actually really liberating,” the Emmy nominee explains.

“They were saying, ‘No, go farther.

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Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in ‘Fellow Travelers’.SHOWTIME

venture to scare us.

venture to see how far you’re able to push it.’

And that’s kind of wild,” acknowledging the changing tides in the industry.

Matt Bomer as Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller and Jonathan Bailey as Tim in FELLOW TRAVELERS, “White Nights.”

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in ‘Fellow Travelers’.Ben Mark Holzberg/SHOWTIME

Bomer says his nerves were routed in the big emotion switch Hawk makes during a sexual escape.

And as Hawkins is want to do, when it’s exposed, he attacks.

If you don’t do that, I’ll shoot you.'”

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Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in ‘Fellow Travelers’.Ben Mark Holzberg/SHOWTIME

“There’s a love letter I should write to the man from Pennsylvania.”

Listen to Bomer and Bailey’s full interview in the episode ofThe Awardist, below.