Nathan Lane Says His Flirtation With Gene Hackman in 'The Birdcage' Was Ad-Libbed by the Late Actor | Video

Nathan Lane remembers working with the late Gene Hackman on "The Birdcage" as "the thrill of a lifetime." Sitting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" Tuesday, the actor shared that one of the more memorable scenes between their characters in the 1996 Mike Nichols movie actually featured unscripted ad-libs that made it all the more memorable. "I think I told him every morning that he was my favorite actor . . . He was like Spencer Tracy, you couldn't catch him acting. He could do comedy or drama beautifully. And he was such a smart actor," Lane told Colbert before recalling . . .