Christopher Reeve, so smart and sexy

Back in his heyday, seemingly not a day would go by when some stranger wouldn’t feel obliged to tell me how much I looked like him. The last time, though, was a few years ago when, as I was leaving a grocery store, an elderly man stopped to stare & then, with an outstretched finger, blurted out, “You look just like Christopher Reeve.”

Christopher Reeve couldn't act. He would have eventually turned to soap operas to make a living.

Didn’t his career go into a slump after Superman ?

Christopher Reeve lived near Isabella's on Columbus Avenue in the late 80s when I was bartending there. A few times he came in and sat at the end of the bar by himself. He was very quiet and seemed shy. He was stunningly handsome in person. You couldn't help but be transfixed.

R2 Christopher Reeve started out in a soap opera called Love Of Life many years ago. It helped bring him closer to fame and fortune.

Let's have a photo of him. Only 52 when he died.

He's absolutely gorgeous in the interview. And you can tell he still was maintaining his Superman bod. Talk about husband material. He was perfect at that time. Dreamboat!

R5 Christopher Reeve in Love Of Life.

It's magic!

He looks so “New England”. Yes I know he has a New England background

^ I mean that in a good way.

More good looking in person than in the camera.

Absolutely beautiful!

Christopher Reeve would be 67 if he were still alive.

so many American eldergays are stuck in the past

His best quality was that he didn't fidget.

Ironically he died looking like Lex Luthor.

I'll bet his cock was perfect, too. What a waste.

"so many American eldergays are stuck in the past"

That's called aging. For most, there are more things to remember from the past than to look forward to in the future.

TOTALLY GAY too.

I think he would've continued to get work, probably in TV more than anything.

He would've made a killing at the conventions for being in the Superman movies.

He said, they didn't want to give him Superman because he was "too faggy" looking.

He was right.

I'm glad when horses get revenge on the assholes who ride them.

the nonexistent upper lip is mystifying

I never really got into the Superman thing so I don't think I've ever seen him in anything but he was completely charming in that Cavett interview. I think I'll now check out "Deathtrap".

[quote]I'm glad when horses get revenge on the assholes who ride them.

You got that right!

I think he was a good actor. He was PERFECT in Superman. Not just as Superman but as Clark Kent. The way he would distinguish between both it made the film. Even though we know they're the same person and everyone in the movie should know it too, Reeve pulled off the dual roles brilliantly. He was like Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman - he had that right amount of sweetness and innocence without being schmaltzy or silly. I think that's why their interpretations remain so popular because they're such good, decent people.

He's also excellent in Somewhere in Time, Deathtrap and Switching Channels. He showed enough range in all three films.

Superman was the first movie I ever saw. I got so overexcited I threw up my ice cream (in my defence I was four).

Superman was the first movie I ever saw. I got so overexcited I threw up my ice cream (in my defence I was four).

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You mean FOURTY, you old man

working out

His career was basically over when he had his accident. I think he would have done some guest spots as stunt casting on some of the Superman tv shows or possibly a night time soap. He was a really good guy he called a friend of mine who was paralyzed in a car accident and gave him a pep talk. Told him to remain physically strong. It’s obviously very tragic that he didn’t make it.

[quote]so many American eldergays are stuck in the past

You're enjoying the present so much r15?

His son is super hot.

Okay, not SUPER hot, but he’s very attractive.

Talk about being blessed with good genes! Perfect face and body structure. In an era before sculpting and surgery and ohotoshop, he was the real deal. Playing the DeathTrap role makes him a gay hero. Much respect for the man.

Talk about being blessed with good genes! Perfect face and body structure. In an era before sculpting and surgery and ohotoshop, he was the real deal. Playing the DeathTrap role makes him a gay hero. Much respect for the man.

He suffered from alopecia and even before his accident they were having to work around his hair loss. Had he not had the accident, he probably would have ended up shaving his head. So visualize a bald Chris.

[quote]He was PERFECT in Superman. Not just as Superman but as Clark Kent.

This! They’re really two different characters, and he nailed both the charm and confidence of Superman and the painful awkwardness of Clark Kent. His performances in Superman I and II are classic cinema at this point.

R15, I'm sure as you get older, you'll look back with nostalgia at the beautiful men of your youth, who you longed for or lusted after. Like you, when I was in my teens I rolled my eyes at my Dad listening to Glenn Miller or stories of my Mom swooning over Frank Sinatra. Then I listened to the music, and I learned to like it. And as for nostalgia for good-looking men from long ago...have you ever seen George O'Brien? Check out his films from the silent era through "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon." Woof, Baby! And although I confess that I really don't like rap or some other contemporary music, I would love to introduce Common to some acts that might be uncommon in his experience!!

That Dick Cavett show was from 1981. It was the year I graduated from high school. I believe "Superman" came out that fall. Christopher Reeve was a beautiful man. I remember desperately waiting for that movie to premier. I developed a crush on the actor. The news was terrible, when I heard about his accident.

BTW, I'm about the 40th reply here and no one has yet to mention the casual homophobic joke that the urbane and sophisticated host quipped in his opening monologue? R15, that's one thing about that era that I'm not nostalgic for. Little snide comments like that were all too common.

Eldergay here---nostalgia is basically a corruption of history. Nothing wrong with remembering his beauty and his body of worth, although he just ok as an actor. Superman was meant to be underplayed (George Reeves who was no Olivier, set the template for that), so his bland approach to both roles A neighbor of mine worked for his foundation and thought the world of him and his wife.

"work" not "worth".

R41-SUPERMAN was released in 1978. SUPERMAN 2 was released in 1981.

R44, Thanks. Blame it on a faulty memory. It happens.

My comments are still true. After I wrote what I did, I went back and listened to the interview. Christopher Reeve talked about playing the role of Ken in "Fifth of July." I get in NY, and in high school we had certain days in the trimester which were organized so the students could explore what the city had to offer culturally...museum visits, walking tours, plays. I remember seeing a Wednesday matinee of that show. Richard Thomas had replaced Christopher Reeve in the role. The first scene of the play has Ken being kissed by a man. When that happened, some kids groaned audibly. It was a sign of the casual homophobia and unease with two men kissing at the time. Richard Thomas broke his role...he stopped the play, told the crew to bring down the curtain, and the play restarted.

He looks like he was on football team at Harvard @R31

I think Will Reeve used or still does work for ESPN. I don't have cable tv, and I rarely watch ESPN.

He looked great in riding boots.

[quote]I think Will Reeve used or still does work for ESPN. I don't have cable tv, and I rarely watch ESPN.

His went to "work" without pants.

He's a hell of a person that the accident didn't make him a bitter shell. I probably would be.

R50: He said he was bitter and wanted to die, but Dana's love saved him. It is in his autobiography "Still Me".

In his last few years, he seemed pretty hopeful and optimistic about the possibilities of stem-cell research. I think he truly believed that he would walk again someday.

Stem cells still have amazing possibilities. Republicans have been shitting on medical breakthroughs your decades. They claim to be moral, even though stem cells from gladly willing donors are fertilized in a lab, and would never become viable life. If we had been able to do the proper research, there would be many more lifesaving treatments today. Maybe not in time to save him, but in time to save millions of others.

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I always liked this picture of him. He made those old ladies swoon!

Was he hung?

I thought, in the 1980s, that he was okay. I didn’t understand why gay men gushed over his looks.

Yet, over the years, he showed the world what a beautiful and genuine soul he had. His later years displayed a classic handsomeness. He was courageous, sensitive, caring and kind. He was no longer just “okay”, he was one of the most beautiful men who ever lived.

I read he was a jerk before his accident.

R58: Link please? I always heard he was a nice guy from people who worked with him, worked for him and fans on the street.

Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman are the two most perfect portrayals of an actor playing a superhero. They both embodied those characters and also looked exactly right, nobody else has ever equaled it.

[quote]Was he hung?

Dana never played with anything under 8.5"

The pale skin and black hair with blue eyes...it's kind of like Snow White. I'm a lesbian, and when I saw Superman 2 in the theater, I was still a kid, but I thought he was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. And I still do.

🥰the best!

and yes, Lynda Carter rocked as Wonder Woman too.

Christopher Reeve had that look that we would call All American.

I've heard many stories that he was a jerk. Some on here. Like something about a group giving him a tee shirt they customized and him saying something like "Great another boat rag". A lot of people thought it was karma when he had his accident.

Lynda was perfect as Diana/WW in its first season set during WW2. As modern day WW she was too jaded and kind of a bitch.

I think the greater tragedy was his wife dying of lung cancer - and having never smoked. After taking care of him.

I think Reeve and Carter were perfect because they played kind, intelligent and thoughtful heroes with a touch of innocence and dignity, which seems to resonate with people even when they're jaded or cynical or have a lunatic for President. They represent goodness and decency. I think Chris Evans was the only who was closest to capturing that with Captain America in the Avengers series. I couldn't take Robert Downey Jr. and his smarminess as Iron Man over three individual films and then the Avengers movies.

The portrayals by Reeve and Carter are timeless. They are still beloved to this day.

(R68) gets it.

Definitely agree r68. Wonder Woman was 45 years ago and young people today are familiar with the show. They know Lynda Carter. That's pretty amazing after so many years.

ITA R68!

RDJ is smarmy and smug, a little goes a long way. I've never liked him much, and think he's very overrated.