Carol Kane Dishes on Hangouts withTaxiCostar Tony Danza — and on Which Castmate She 'Seduced' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

The cast of ‘Taxi’ in the 1980s.Photo:Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Ban via Getty

Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Ban via Getty

The cast ofTaxiis as close now as they were when the classic sitcom was on the air, according toCarol Kane.

The 72-year-old two-time Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee, whose new filmBetween the Templeshits theaters Aug. 23,attended a July performanceofTaxico-starMarilu Henner’s new off-Broadway show,The Journals of Adam and Eve, alongsideJudd HirschandTony Danza.

But, Kane tells PEOPLE, don’t call that areunion.

“The fact is that we have kept each other’s company in a close and loving way for all these years sinceTaxi,” she says.

Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Tony Danza and Carol Kane in ‘Taxi’ in 1980.FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty

FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty

Kane first guest starred on the show in 1980 as Simka, becoming a love interest for the lateAndy Kaufman’s Latka Gravas. She went on to become a recurring cast member inTaxis’s fourth season and a main character in its fifth and final season alongside stars Hirsch, Henner, Danza,Jeff Conaway,Danny DeVitoandChristopher Lloyd.

Four decades after the show ended its Emmy-winning run, members of the cast appeared onThe Viewtogether last December, and have beenphotographed at New York City’s Lincoln Center Theaterandhaving lunch on Staten Island.

Kane says the cast even managed to stay in touch during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“During COVID, we were even luckier because Zoom became this thing so that no matter where we were in world, we could have and did have regular Zoom meetings,” she explains.

Carol Kane, Andy Kaufman, Jeff Conaway, Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch and Tony Danza in ‘Taxi’ in 1980.BC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

BC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Danza previously told PEOPLE about the cast’s Zoom sessionslast year, and Kane says it was Henner,famed for her Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory(HSAM), who put most of those meetings together.

“She’d pick a date, save the date, get in touch with everybody, and we would all get together and do these Zooms, which were an indefinite amount of time,” Kane says. “And they were like visits. And that’s going to continue.”

‘Taxi’ stars Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Carol Kane, Tony Danza and Marilu Henner in 2015.Walter McBride/WireImage

Walter McBride/WireImage

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“Tony lives very near to me, so we hang out a lot,” Kane says. “And for a while I seduced Chris Lloyd and his wife Lisa into getting an apartment in my very own building, so I got to see them all the time.”

Kane also notes that she and Hirsch both starred in 2022’siMordecai, and that she remains “very close” with DeVito.

All five seasons ofTaxiare now streaming on Paramount+, andBetween the Templesarrives in theaters August 23.

source: people.com