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Nathan Lane recalls Robin Williams helping him get cast in 'The Birdcage'

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The 1996 dramedy was Lane's first big movie role.AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in 'The Birdcage'Nathan Lane will never forget that the late and great Robin Williams helped him get cast in his first major movie role.Lane starred opposite the late comedian in 1996's The Birdcage, playing queer partners who agree to masquerade as straight in order to meet their beloved son's future father-in-law — a conservative Republi…

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Nathan Lane Says Billy Crystal and Robert Redford Were Also Floated for ‘The Birdcage’ Before Robin Williams Got Cast

“The Birdcage” could have starred Billy Crystal or Robert Redford, Nathan Lane revealed on Tuesday’s episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast. Lane, who played Albert Goldman in the 1996 comedy with Robin Williams as his husband, Armand Goldman, shared the story about director Mike Nichols. “I would run into Mike, and he would say, ‘Oh, maybe Robin was not gonna do it. ‘What do you think of Billy Crystal?'” Lane recalled. On an…

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Nathan Lane recalls Robin Williams helping him get cast in 'The Birdcage'

The 1996 dramedy was Lane's first big movie role.AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in 'The Birdcage'Nathan Lane will never forget that the late and great Robin Williams helped him get cast in his first major movie role.Lane starred opposite the late comedian in 1996's The Birdcage, playing queer partners who agree to masquerade as straight in order to meet their beloved son's future father-in-law — a conservative Republi…

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Nathan Lane on how Robin Williams fought for him to be cast on The Birdcage

It’s been over a decade since the tragic death of Robin Williams, but he continues to be remembered by those who loved him, including Nathan Lane. The pair starred together in The Birdcage, and Lane credits Williams for helping him get cast in the movie, although he was largely unknown at the time. In The Birdcage, Lane and Williams played a gay couple whose son is set to marry the daughter of a conservative senator, and they reluctantly agree t…

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Entertainment Weekly broke the news in United States on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
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