A few days ago, there was a rumor that an actor from a "Superman" show or movie will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming "Man of Steel" film. The only hint we received was that the cameo would be different from other cameos.
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One of the more wild guesses was that director Zach Snyder will somehow work Christopher Reeve into the movie. But according to old photos from the Chicago set, it seems that there's a chance that it may be true.
The photos show an actor in a Clark Kent outfit, the kind that Reeve wore in the opening credits of "Superman III." He seems completely out of place, wearing an 80s suit in a scene that takes place in modern times. Check out the evidence below.
supaflywillwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 7:09:16 AM
cool - nice idea tho for the remembrance of reeves .
boogielwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 7:18:14 AM
Heck, they might throw in the ghost of Richard Pryor as well. Also, I wonder if there will be a phone booth in this movie. Bottomline, If they intend to cameo chris reeve, that is just plain terrible.
johnny_boywrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 7:28:07 AM
If you're gonna have Reeve cameo then have HIM cameo. I thought we could do that now since the whole tupac hologram thing.
I wonder what they'll use for Brandon Routh's cameo? A lame duck perhaps?
KillerCOckwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 8:22:59 AM
So It's not Cavill in that suit?
tastic79writes: on January 28th, 2013 at 8:38:21 AM
They got a guy that might kinda look like a Reeves to wear a suit that kinda looks like the one Reeves wore in Superman III. Really? Is that really something to get excited about? Really?
minkowskiwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 1:27:25 PM
If true, if it isn't a fan Photoshop, and if it's dynamic and not a static shot, then they probably put Reeve's face on someone with a similar build.
Pretty cool anyway.
CelluloidManwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 1:42:38 PM
Same here, I think a Reeves cameo would be pretty wicked awesome...Snyder has a great visual style (although he does go a little crazy eith the slo-mo at times), just don't get him to write. If you do, you get SUCKERPUNCH. Badass trailer...half-thought movie.
Speaking of Superman III, I read in an article that they actually hired Richard Pryor to make the movie funnier as he was the biggest name in comedy at the time. They wrote the scenes for him as a springboard for him to start improvising & ad libbing, but Pryor was such a big fan of Superman that he actually took the role seriously & acted exactly what was on the page...
As much as I'm a (HUGE) fan of Reeves. I do wish the Supes movies stopped at Puzo's 1 and 2.
3 and 4... oi. I think they actually hurt the memory of Superman from that era.
buttabeanwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 1:59:35 PM
@Ranger
When I was at Kessler rehab in NJ(2001) I had the same aide that washed Christopher Reeves ass. His name was Juice. I kid you not. Big Jamaican guy lol
minkowskiwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 2:18:50 PM
God, I'm such a dumb ass sometimes.
The third photo, and I didn't even give it more than cursory glance, is from the original Superman movie!
Jesus. I should pay more attention but I'm doing like three of four things at once and the damned coffee still hasn't kicked in.
So...they have a photo shoot, and in that shoot, is a guy in a suit and glasses? Couldn't it be just a guy in a suit and glasses then??? Why does it have to be Reeve? Not like we can see his face from there, right? Looks like a nameless, faceless extra to me.
Maybe Reeve will show up somehow, and that would be pretty f*cking great, and it's something I think they should do, but I don't see, from this article, any evidence they've done so.
Maybe Margot Kidder will show up as Lois Lane's mother, or Richard Pryor's corpse will show up as a dead crackhead wino. But the Reeve thing is hugely unsubstantiated at this point.
That is just plain tasteless. But so far as Gene Hackman, or Ned Beatty, or Valerie Perrine, why not?
TGDirectorwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 5:16:34 PM
You know... Maybe Christopher Reeves really is in the movie and it's not CGI...?
It's a strong possibility that maybe at one point in the new movie. Someone "made" a movie on Superman while in actuality it's used as the Christopher Reeves movies?
A movie within a movie. (Classic Nolan)
Just a thought.
matternm58writes: on January 28th, 2013 at 6:06:42 PM
Dean Cain or Tom Welling.
minkowskiwrites: on January 28th, 2013 at 6:25:17 PM
@Ranger: was going to post this earlier but my internet connection f*cked up. Was going to say, considering I think you're older than me, if you're still sharp, then there's hope for me. I hope.
