“It gave us a directive,” Kohan interjects, explaining Lavin’s wishes.
“‘What happens to me should happen to the character.'”
So they did just that.
Linda Lavin as Sybil Schneiderman on ‘Mid-Century Modern’.Credit:Chris Haston/Disney
“We were still kind of reeling just from hearing that she had died.
Lane recalls it being “really upsetting” upon returning to work and Lavin not being there.
“It’s something we never wanted or expected to do and there we were, doing it.
Bunny (Nathan Lane) reveals his mother’s death to friends Jerry (Matt Bomer) and Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) on ‘Mid-Century Modern’.Chris Haston/Disney
Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) and Jerry (Matt Bomer) comfort Bunny (Nathan Lane) follow his mother’s funeral on ‘Mid-Century Modern’.Chris Haston/Disney
