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

“So thank God, I didn’t have to do ‘Space Jam,’” Lane said. He continued, “But I don’t know. I’ll never know what people say. Homophobia is alive and well, still.” “Nobody wanted to be in this movie .

Jordan and the Tunes win that round, thankfully, and the 1996 movie ends with them resuming their ordinary lives happily ever after. But Space Jam: A New Legacy feels like the Monstars getting the ...

James previously spoke to Entertainment Weekly about being approached to do a Space Jam movie 15 years ago, and why it finally felt like the right time to take it on. "I didn't think I was ready ...