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Christopher Reeves has some harsh words for his Superman co-star, legendary actor Marlon Brando, on David Letterman in 1982. We don’t get interviews like this anymore.
Christopher Reeve talks about working with Marlon Brando on SUPERMAN. Reeve was not a fan of the legendary actor. pic.twitter.com/pTRQ9LlLG3
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love the honesty. love christopher reeve. rip
Wow that was about as respectfully honest as you can get!
Christopher Reeves was an incredibly brilliant young actor. He defined the super hero role for about a decade. His acting career was tragically cut short. He’s always been my favorite Clark Kent and Superman.
Telling it like it is
“Well he’s here tonight, Chris.”
Fuck, Dave is so funny.
Reeve! Reeve! Reeve! No “S” at the end. Only on his chest.
Fascinating, good share.
I admired Christopher so much as a kid, I still miss him now.
‘Even if I do a bad job, they still gotta give me the $2 mil’
– Marlon Brando, probably
I think Brando would’ve laughed, kissed and hugged Reeve for this. And then kissed him some more.
Hardly harsh words. There seemed to be respect there, and honesty. Reeve seems like a nice guy. Such a shame what happened to him.
The most interesting part of the documentary about Val Kilmer was the behind scenes look at Marlon Brando in the Island of Dr. Moreau. He laid on a hammock the whole time and just decided not to work at all some days. He had heavy white makeup on in his role so at some point they got a stand in to shoot his scenes.
At least he showed up to shoot his scenes himself in Superman. Christopher Reece wasn’t wrong, and it only got worse.
I think interviews could be more honest back then because they weren’t blasted all over the world within seconds. If you missed it when it happened, you may not ever see it. You may read about it in a newspaper a week later.
Also – journalism now just picks and chooses and twists words, even from complimentary interviews. So people probably hesitate to say anything now.
He was basically saying he was disappointed with Brando’s lack of desire to be a serious actor anymore.
He wasn’t the only actor who thought so.
Brando still made some good movies over the next twenty years (The Freshman, The Score) but he could have done much more.
“Marlon Brando was famously paid a ridiculously huge sum for just 12 days of work on Superman. The Godfather actor was cast as Jor-El in Richard Donner’s 1978 film, but due to the impressive deal he’d managed to make, he allegedly remained in his trailer for long bouts of time.”
Kinda crazy for him to mention how sad it was that Brando 53(ish) and had basically given up – while Reeve would sadly never make it to that age.
“I just think it would be sad to be 53 and not give a damn.”
Well Chris, I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news for you…
Wow. i never realized that this man really WAS Clark Kent. There’s something so innocent about him.
It’s tragic what happened to him.
“He’s going to want play it like a green suitcase.” I said, “What does that mean?” “It means he hates to work and he loves money, so if he can talk you into the fact that the people on Krypton look like green suitcases and you only photograph green suitcases, he’ll get paid just to do the voice-over. That’s the way his mind works.”
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“He said, “Why don’t I play this like a bagel?” I was ready for him to say “a green suitcase” and he said “bagel.” He said, “How do we know what the people on Krypton looked like?”
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https://comicbook.com/dc/news/marlon-brando-wanted-to-play-jor-el-as-a-bagel-in-original-super/
Thats literally the definition of constructive criticism.
Sigh, what an absolutely beautiful guy Christopher Reeve was. I had a huge crush on him growing up.
Perhaps my favorite Christopher Reeve clip: [Clark Kent Changes Into Superman and Then Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIaF0QKtY0c)
I rarely ever saw Letterman that flabbergasted by an interview. So funny he lost his train of thought and almost didn’t know what to do. He pulled out that tension breaker just barely but he was clearly shocked for a moment. Not sure if he should laugh or not.
The S is silent just like Liam Neesons
If you haven’t seen it, Noises Off 1992 is one of his best acting roles post Superman I, II.
He is and always will be MY Superman.
The way Christopher stated his opinion in a direct, non aggressive way is something to admire. He respected Brando, but he was disappointed in him. I hope one day i could express myself in such a classy manner
Reeve, not Reeves.
Reeves was the first superman. Reeve was the 70’s and 80’s superman.
Reeve was such a great actor. Very sad about his accident
He’s being honest without being rude.
It was constructive criticism and I think a reflection of his integrity. Smiling and smoothing over for the camera when deep inside you feel different.
Normally I wouldn’t condone being public with a opinion like this, but in this context it makes sense.
This tracks with an interview I saw with Fairuza Balk about “The Island of Dr. Moreau”. She was nervous because she was new at the time, and he just didn’t give a fuck, painted himself white, said it didn’t matter and was all about cashing a paycheck.
There was a fascinating documentary about making that movie. I can’t recall the title. Apparently it was going to be a faithful remake of the novel before shit went sideways.
So it was Brando who paid the horse to take the fall
I’m disabled in a wheelchair from birth. And while I will acknowledge the contributions Reeves made he also caused a number of issues in the disabled community.
We had a hard time understanding why he would come to talk to all of us about being disabled when many of us could have taught him, having been that way since birth. It became more of a joke when he charged $500 for a ticket to see him speak for an hour, and the information was posted at places for those of us on disability support.
He reinforced the stereotype that disability is the worst thing ever and everything must be focused on getting “back to normal”. He did almost nothing to address discrimination.
He is still a heated debate topic in the community often. No one questions the good he did or the programs he supported. But sometimes acceptance is the best way forward, and for many of us it our only option other than hopelessness.
Still, very sorry for what happened to him. And grateful for the work he did. It is never easy becoming suddenly disabled. I think us “lifers” sometimes have it easier.
I’ve been a director for over 20 years. There is nothing more frustrating than working with someone you know is capable of greatness, but is just phoning it in. The results are fine, but you know that if they just decided to give a fuck, it could be amazing.
My dad worked in film for 30 years and said Christopher Reeve was the nicest actor he’d met
100% facts. Marlon did not give a FUCK by about 1975. The stories of his irreverence for directors, producers and his fellow actors are too numerous to list. For starters, Marlon evidently demanded like $100k just to read for his role in Superman—and it was the stupidest role imaginable. His behavior on the set of the Island of Dr Moreau was especially bad—he just intermittently changed dialogue, demanded scenes to be rewritten, ordered actors to have their scenes dumped, etc..
This is how times change so fast.
Most of you are viewing the past on a social media site.
I watched this interview when it originally aired.
Time is fleeting. Enjoy every minute of it.