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...after watching Lane play a Sid Caesar-like TV star in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor. On the spot, he offered Lane the role of Albert in a remake of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles--alongside Robin Williams, in the more sober role of Armand. Lane initially had to turn Nichols down because of a scheduling conflict with his next big Broadway show, a revival of the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. But Nichols kept calling, and the show's producers finally agreed to postpone Forum (which starts previews...
...wildly inventive co-star. "He'd try things just as outrageous as I would," says Williams. "Hard to find someone who does that." Nichols would typically let the pair run loose with improvisations in at least one take per scene. Lane's own favorite came when Albert learns that Armand doesn't want him around to meet the uptight parents of the girl Armand's son wants to marry. Lane went high-flying hysterical, screaming to onlookers at a sidewalk cafe ("I'm a homeless person!"), then fainting dead away. "All the extras on the street applauded," says Lane...
Wylie also authored the standard textbooksLes Francais (with Armand Armand Begue,1970), which had its second edition published thisyear, and participated in a number of films...
...council. This Mega-City is fascism as fashion statement; Dredd's uniform has enough leather and metal to stock an S&M boutique. But he's just a soldier for hire, or a star looking for his next project. Dredd's warped mirror image is a renegade named Rico (Armand Assante), as dangerous to Dredd as the next action film on the release schedule. "Guilt and innocence--it's a matter of timing," Rico says. He could be describing the difference between summer hit and flop...
Best Scene Stealer: Armand Assante in Judge Dredd. Sylvester Stallone is the star, but Assante oozes suave comic menace as a villain who seemingly can't be killed. Hey, Mr. Mean, we thought you were dead. "I got betta," he explains...