The interview of the 90s resurfaces shows Oprah the star of "Birdcage" on his sexuality: "I was not ready"
Nathan Lane recently talked about clumsy conversation and how Co-Star Robin Williams came.
Before 1996, Nathan Lane was much better known for his work in the theater than on the big screen, but all that changed with the release of comedy Bird cage . In the remake of the French film The Cage aux Folles , the actor plays an artist from Drag Gay opposite Robin Williams As owner of the club and partner of the character of Lane. And while Lane was enthusiastic about the film that struck the rooms, he was nervous at the idea of promoting her, because he knew he would be questioned about his own sexuality. In a interview with Sunday today Lane opened up on the appearance that the cast Oprah Winfrey Show at the time and how Williams intervened to manage an invasive question.
Lane was released publicly a few years later, but he said Sunday today that he "was not ready" to open up to this part of his life when Bird cage hit the rooms. Read the rest to find out more about the difficult interview and to see what Lane thinks today.
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Lane was worried before Oprah interview.
Lane and Williams appeared The Oprah Winfrey Show together in 1996 to talk about Bird cage and other aspects of their career. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"I just wanted to talk about [how] I finally had a big role in a film and I didn't want to make my sexuality," said Lane Sunday today ( via People ). "Although it is somehow inevitable because of the nature of the film and the character."
"And there was this famous moment when we had to do Oprah "He continued." I don't think Oprah was trying to go out, but I said to Robin in advance: "I'm not prepared. I'm so afraid to go there and talk to Oprah. I am not ready to discuss that I am gay on national television. I'm not ready.' And he said, "Oh, that's fine. Don't worry. We don't have to talk about it. We will not talk about it. '"
Williams supported it in the moment.
Williams' Talk Show interviews were generally bizarre affairs in which he suddenly embarked on characters or told jokes. This spontaneity was useful during their Oprah episode.
"And then, of course, she said to herself:" How is it that you are so good in this girly thing? "And then Robin moves in a way and diverts Oprah and leaves on a tangent and protects me, because he was a saint."
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Winfrey asked Lane if he cared about other speculating on her sexuality.
To the start of His interview with the co-stars , Winfrey asks Lane: "Are you afraid of playing this role and being like a typaste and people who say forever:" Are you? Are you not? Is it? Voice by asking the question, to which Williams clings and laughs.
Winfrey then turned to Lane and said: "So?" He answers the question without answering his reference to his sexuality.
"Being a typast? Not really. I have no image to maintain. I am essentially a character actor," he said. "I am not a sexual symbol. From role to role, I am generally quite different. So, no. And the material was so incredible that I don't know how you could refuse it because you would be worried about your image."
Later in the interview, Winfrey asks if Lane "contacted [her] female side". He replies: "Yes, I did it, and she said," Why are you doing this? ""
The host also asked the actor to walk in heels, which can be what avenue paraphrassed like "girly things" Sunday today .
Lane said he was "terrified" to go out at that time.
In his Sunday today Interview, Lane said to go out publicly: "I was simply not ready to do it. A kind of public declaration on this subject. I was terrified. I was not ready to do it.
THE Only murders in the building The actor added: "It's great that everyone is now feeling comfortable - but homophobia is very alive, and there are a lot of homosexuals that are still hiding."
Lane said he wanted to be more "courageous" in the interview.
Lane looked back on her Oprah interview In 2021, addressing the Daily Beast and expressed a little regret.
"I would like to have been courageous enough for just - when Oprah said:" Gee, you are terribly good in these girly things. "Thank you, Oprah." Why is it? "She said. And I should have said:" Well, I would like to think it's because I am a very good actor, but if you ask me if I'm gay, the answer to this question is yes. "" Said Lane. "But I did not say that. I was very nervous when speaking to Oprah and Robin was very protective towards me and I saw where this conversation was heading and he quickly diverted it in another direction."
Lane says The Hollywood Reporter That it had been to his family and friends since he was 21 years old and the casting and the team of Bird cage also knew. He was publicly released in an interview from 1999 with Lawyer .
