Will Reeve, the son of late Superman actor Christopher Reeve, says David Corenswet and the rest of the Superman cast and crew don’t need to earn his family’s approval — they’ve already got it.
During Thursday’s episode of Good Morning America, the ABC News correspondent explained that he’s well aware that the James Gunn-directed film did not need to involve his family aboard the super-sized superhero project, but that it means a whole lot to them that they did.
“I just wanna say: my dad, and my siblings, and I, we’re not gatekeepers of Superman,” Will clarified. “David and the rest of the cast and crew don’t need to seek our approval or even welcome us on their journey, but we’re grateful that they did and excited for everybody to see it.”
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David Corenswet as Superman
Earlier in the segment, Will also opened up about his “uncanny” first encounter with Corenswet — who plays the latest iteration of the Man of Steel — while visiting the film’s set in Atlanta.
“We’re sitting watching all these monitors and things and, out of the corner of my eye or whatever, I hear someone go, ‘Hi, Will.’ With a deep voice,” he said. “And I see this blue and red and I look up and — I didn’t think it was my dad, but I for a second didn’t register that it was David. And I just look up, I go, ‘Oh, wow. That’s Superman.’ Who, of course, I associate with my dad.”
He continued, “So, once I got my bearings, the first thing I did was tell David how excited and supportive I and my family feel for him.”
The feeling was mutual for Corenswet, who described his first meeting with the 33-year-old journalist as being “very heartwarming” in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
“Will is great,” he said at the time. “He is the Superman type for obvious reasons. He’s tall, he’s handsome, and he’s got a great smile. Having him show up and give his support in that moment was very heartwarming. He also got to meet my kid when she was only a few months old. She happened to be on set that day, too. I don’t think she’ll remember it, but that was a nice little thing, as well, a little parallel.”
Corenswet explained that Will arrived just as they were shooting a “big, climactic scene” for the film.
“It was nice in a lot of different ways,” he explained. “It was nice in the same way when we had all of the [DC] comic writers and artists visit set. They were all wearing their Superman T-shirts and they were all excited to be there. Anybody who’s involved with a great character, whether it’s directly as writing and drawing for them — or, in Will’s case, his dad put the character into the public consciousness — when those people are excited about what they see, that just gives you a little fuel to keep going.”
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Christopher Reeve as Superman
Will, however, did more than just a quick flyover on set. He also filmed a special cameo for the film in which he plays, rather fittingly, a journalist.
“It was a really great experience,” he told TMZ in an on-the-street interview last year. “They were super friendly; it was quick, easy… I was actually more nervous doing that than I am whenever I’m on TV for my normal job cuz there was so many people around and I had to memorize one line, but still!”
Christopher Reeve starred as the Man of Steel in four separate film adaptations throughout the ’70s and ’80s. Last year, Will and his siblings Matthew and Alexandra starred in the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. which chronicles their father’s life and legacy.
Superman soars into theaters July 11.
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