So after taking Tinseltown’s highest honor and later being the toast of the Tonys’, why mess with success?īrooks: Probably for the money. Though it was a box office bomb, the film won Mel Brooks an Academy Award for best screenplay. Together, they hatch a get-rich-quick scam: raise more money than they need to produce a sure-fire flop! The zany screwball comedy starred Zero Mostel as Bialystock and Gene Wilder as Bloom. Back in 1968, the original movie was Mel Brooks’ directorial debut. It’s the perfect end to this whole experience, is to put it on film.īut Nathan and Matthew weren’t the only ones with a “Producers” legacy on the line. Talk about a happy marriage: In 2001, “The Producers” broke Broadway records, garnering a total of 12 Tony awards, including one for best actor in a musical- Nathan Lane.Ĭouric: Were either of you hesitant when Mel said he wanted to make a movie version of this? Did either of you say, “Maybe that’s not such a great idea, you can’t bottle this kind of magic”? Lane: I can’t count on one hand how many times I’ve said that. (Laughter) Lane: We never go to bed angry, let’s put it that way. (Laughs)Lane: Are we sick of each other? Broderick: If you’re gonna be chained to someone, I guess I would pick you. (Laughter)Broderick: Well, we kind of were immediately. Their partnership even precedes “The Producers.” Who could forget Broderick and Lane’s "problem-free philosophy," supplying the voices of Simba and Timone, for Disney’s 1994 animated blockbuster, “The Lion King”?Ĭouric: Are you sick of each other now? Be honest. We’re going in as the gravy boat-Broderick: And the candelabra.Lane: And-a-and the urinal.
Katie Couric, NBC News: So, what is it, next month we’ll get together and discuss your roles in Beauty and the Beast? Matthew Broderick: Possibly.Nathan Lane: That’s right. If Broderick and Lane needed an extra cup-o-Joe the morning of our interview, it might have been because of their current Broadway run of eight shows a week on Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple.” I met just a few doors down at the legendary Broadway landmark, Sardi’s.
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