Nathan Lane Swaps Joe for Nathan in Hollywood

0:00It's April 22nd. You're listening to Entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered entertainment coverage. Nathan Lane just dropped the story on why he ditched his birth name Joe for Nathan when he hit Hollywood. Turns out, there was already a Joe Lane in the actors' union and they need unique names to avoid mix-ups on credits and paychecks. So he had to switch it up quick. He pulled the name from a role he loved, Nathan Detroit and the musical guys and dolls right after playing him in a local dinner theater. It stuck. And folks even joke he sounded Jewish like he swapped Robinoids for Lane. His family though, they keep it real, still calling him Joe at home. Brothers Robert and Daniel mostly stick with Joe, though they mix in Nathan sometimes. His mom would say it with air quotes like it was all a big showbiz joke. Lane spilled this on the Howard Stern show while hyping his new Broadway gig as Willie Momen in Death of a Salesman. He calls it an athletic event of a play, tough on the mind but powerful, with director

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