Nathane Lane says the director of Space Jam thought he was “too gay” to play Michael Jordan’s assistant in the 1996 ...

“I was up for that part,” Lane told Vanity Fair. “Apparently the director [Joe Pytka] saw me hosting the Tony Awards and ...

"Apparently the director saw me hosting the Tony Awards and thought that suggested I was too gay to play the part," recalls Lane.

Nathan Lane says homophobia may have impacted his chances to star in major Hollywood films and TV shows, including “Space Jam” and “Seinfeld.” “I don’t know what goes on behind closed ...

Tony and Emmy winner Nathan Lane is best known for The Producers ... I was told it did impact a movie that I didn’t really care about: Space Jam. I was up for the part that the guy from Seinfeld ...

Nathan Lane claims he lost a Hollywood job opportunity ... “So thank God, I didn’t have to do Space Jam. But I don’t know. I’ll never know what people say." A rep for Pytka, 86, could ...

Nathan Lane claims he lost a Hollywood job opportunity because he was considered "too gay." The Mid-Century Modern actor, 69, said in a new interview with Vanity Fair that he wasn’t cast in 1996's ...

Nathan Lane has claimed he missed out on a role in Space Jam because of his sexuality. The Tony-winner, 69, who shot to fame in The Birdcage – a 1996 comedy about a queer couple forced back in the ...