‘Mid-Century Modern’ Team Talks Linda Lavin’s “Devastating” Death, ‘Golden Girls’ Comparisons & ‘Will & Grace’ Crossover Potential

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While Hulu‘s new sitcom Mid-Century Modern explores the bittersweet beauty of life, love and loss, the cast and creators experienced all three in the making of its first season.

After co-star Linda Lavin previously died in December at 87, Nathan Lane opened up to Deadline about the “shocking” death of the actress, who portrayed his character Bunny’s mother Sybil Schneiderman until her death seven episodes into the 10-part season, available in its entirety Friday on the streaming platform. “It was devastating to lose her,” said Lane, while sitting down with his onscreen roommates Matt Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham. “It was one of the greatest experiences — I think I speak for all of us — of our lives to get to work with her because she was such a consummate pro and so brilliant to comedy and drama.” Lane recalled Lavin’s longtime therapist reaching out to co-creator Max Mutchnick following her death, telling him, “‘I’m sure this is a very difficult time for you.

But I thought you should know something. I thought it might help.’ She said, ‘I worked with Linda for a very long time, and this is the happiest I’ve ever seen her, and she would always say she had never felt so loved and respected on a set her entire life.’ So it’s a really beautiful thing to think that this was the last thing she did, and that she was that happy, and she felt that way and was still at the top of her game at 87.” RELATED: Linda Lavin Remembered By Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, Sarah Paulson & More: “She Was Just So Funny” Mutchnick told us: “She certainly didn’t know that it was none of us knew that it was gonna end, but she was the example of the way you want to live your life while you are here.