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TMC · 12-17-2004, 09:28 PM

Christopher Reeve turned down a lot of major movies outside of Superman during his career. He turned down the leads in "American Gigolo", "The Running Man", "Total Recall", "Body Heat", "Romancing the Stone", "The Bounty", and even a part after his accident in the form of Gary Oldman's eventual role in "Hannibal." Apparently, Reeve didn't want to do other major movie roles besides Superman because he wanted to do more "challenging roles."

I always figured that if you want to have longevity and clout in show business, if you take on more high profile roles in order to allow you to do more "challenging", artsy roles. If you look at Christopher Reeve's filmography, a lot of his non-Superman, pre-accident work were relegated to being straight to television. As a matter of fact, Reeve only agreed to do "Superman IV" if the studios would fund a gritty pet project of his called "Street Smart."

To be fair, Christopher Reeve was always a stage actor at heart. He was once quoted as saying as he didn't want to be relegated to being seen walking around aimlessly with a machine gun.

GeorgeJefferson · 12-19-2004, 08:05 PM

Christopher Reeve should have been in more westerns.

Penny Lane · 12-20-2004, 04:25 PM

I cannot picture Reeve in "Body Heat". That role was made for William Hurt!

He was wonderful in "Somewhere In Time"
One of the most romantic tearjerkers that I have ever seen!

12-17-2004, 09:28 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,548	Should Christopher Reeve Have Done More "Popcorn" Movies Christopher Reeve turned down a lot of major movies outside of Superman during his career. He turned down the leads in "American Gigolo", "The Running Man", "Total Recall", "Body Heat", "Romancing the Stone", "The Bounty", and even a part after his accident in the form of Gary Oldman's eventual role in "Hannibal." Apparently, Reeve didn't want to do other major movie roles besides Superman because he wanted to do more "challenging roles." I always figured that if you want to have longevity and clout in show business, if you take on more high profile roles in order to allow you to do more "challenging", artsy roles. If you look at Christopher Reeve's filmography, a lot of his non-Superman, pre-accident work were relegated to being straight to television. As a matter of fact, Reeve only agreed to do "Superman IV" if the studios would fund a gritty pet project of his called "Street Smart." To be fair, Christopher Reeve was always a stage actor at heart. He was once quoted as saying as he didn't want to be relegated to being seen walking around aimlessly with a machine gun.

12-19-2004, 08:05 PM	#2
GeorgeJefferson Pop Culture GOP Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 20, 2003 Location: FRESNO Posts: 367	Christopher Reeve should have been in more westerns.
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12-20-2004, 04:25 PM	#3
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,261	I cannot picture Reeve in "Body Heat". That role was made for William Hurt! He was wonderful in "Somewhere In Time" One of the most romantic tearjerkers that I have ever seen!
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