What was it like working with Christopher Reeve in Superman III

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  • 🌹 Annette O'Toole gives the much deserved flowers to Christopher Reaves for his portrayal of Superman on and off set, along with other roles he’s portrayed throughout his career.
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  • @BluesFanUK_
    @BluesFanUK_ Před 2 lety +1448

    Christopher Reeve is the only one who has legit managed to make Clark Kent and Superman look like two different people, phenomenal actor.

    • @comicbookninja5268
      @comicbookninja5268 Před 2 lety +68

      All the other Superman actors didn't even try.

    • @brennan4159
      @brennan4159 Před 2 lety +140

      The scene where he is waiting for lois and without saying a word removes his glasses , adjusts his posture and he becomes superman wearing clarks clothes. Then Lois comes out, he shrinks back into clark and they go on there date.... Convincingly shows both identities without saying a word, HE was far and away better than every succesor.

    • @danieldickson8591
      @danieldickson8591 Před 2 lety +27

      Looking at and listening to Reeve's Clark and Supes, if you didn't already know, you'd never suspect they were the same man.

    • @BluesFanUK_
      @BluesFanUK_ Před 2 lety +12

      @@brennan4159 Yep, incredible.

    • @thomasfortunemusic
      @thomasfortunemusic Před 2 lety +7

      Reeve and Cain

  • @TedMattos
    @TedMattos Před 2 lety +1423

    Christopher Reeve will always be Superman to me.

    • @willjohnboy
      @willjohnboy Před 2 lety +41

      He made us believe that man could fly, the GOAT.

    • @GuardPhoenix
      @GuardPhoenix Před 2 lety +25

      The Gold Standard

    • @donnatemple1999
      @donnatemple1999 Před 2 lety +13

      Me too

    • @78.BANDIT
      @78.BANDIT Před 2 lety +24

      To just about everyone that has seen SUPERMAN The MOVIE. He ALWAYS WILL BE SUPERMAN. Everyone else is just fallowing in his footsteps.

    • @vivianamora7505
      @vivianamora7505 Před 2 lety +8

      Ditto 👍🏼❤️

  • @hindsightpov4218
    @hindsightpov4218 Před 2 lety +685

    Annette’s story about the first time seeing Christopher Reeve in costume as Superman and her enthusiasm as a Superman fan is so cute.😊

    • @GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000
      @GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000 Před 2 lety +15

      See knows about Supes appeared in 1930s,his powers etc She's rare!

    • @TheStoyanovichKicks
      @TheStoyanovichKicks Před 2 lety +10

      "hello Annette" .....wow.. 😮

    • @moondustgirl2132
      @moondustgirl2132 Před 2 lety +12

      I have always been Team Lana. I've always thought she's the type of girl someone like Superman or Clark would fall for and not someone like Lois. This was actually the only thing I loved about Superman 3, reteaming him with Lana. And i think Annette O'Toole was the perfect actress to portray her.

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF Před 2 lety +187

    Still naturally beautiful at 70.
    Loved hearing about how kind chris was.
    Such a soothing voice.....great for audio books!

    • @kitano0
      @kitano0 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I've always loved Annette O'Toole's voice..

    • @chriswest7095
      @chriswest7095 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes ! Her kindness as a human shines through! Almost makes me teary

  • @willjohnboy
    @willjohnboy Před 2 lety +487

    I shed a tear when Christopher reeve made a guest appearance on smallville the real superman advising his successor absolutely brilliant the GOAT.

    • @MichaelTerndrup
      @MichaelTerndrup Před 2 lety

      ????

    • @patrickoconnell8719
      @patrickoconnell8719 Před 2 lety +41

      Christopher Reeve played a role in Smallville helping Clark find out who he is. Tom Welling even said that Christopher Reeve wanted Tom to actually be Superman

    • @willjohnboy
      @willjohnboy Před 2 lety +2

      @@MichaelTerndrup read Patrick's comment above for the explanation.

    • @painkiller1968
      @painkiller1968 Před 2 lety +2

      GOAT? He wasn't an animal.

    • @thomask70
      @thomask70 Před 2 lety +1

      @@painkiller1968 one of those abbreviations… no clue what it stands for tho…

  • @thinusvanstaden6743
    @thinusvanstaden6743 Před 2 lety +98

    Proof that Christopher Reeve was really Superman

  • @wdeemarwdeemar8739
    @wdeemarwdeemar8739 Před 2 lety +124

    I spent the day with Margot Kidder at comic con years ago after her signing we went to lunch then dinner with several of my friends. We talked maybe 5 hours to 6 hours. She told us that she was doing a lot of coke back then and was not very nice. She said she didn’t remember days or weeks at a time or just bits and pieces. She was taking downers to even out. So honest and lots of regrets. She said all her self worth and confidence was tied to her looks and once they were gone she took a long time to know who she was and a longer time to love herself. She was staying with a friend in San Diego so just got on the bus to come to comic con. Yes we drove her home.

    • @steveconn
      @steveconn Před 2 lety

      I met her at San Antonio comic con in 2016. Too bad she killed herself.

    • @andyroo9381
      @andyroo9381 Před 2 lety +5

      Love your story!

    • @williampassmore5739
      @williampassmore5739 Před 2 lety +5

      Thank you for sharing.

    • @jimmartinez1470
      @jimmartinez1470 Před 2 lety +12

      Thank you for sharing.
      I saw Miss Kidder at WonderCon 2015.
      She was very gracious to all her fans and was answered all the questions people had about working on Superman.
      I have some nice video clips of her in my photo album.

    • @hiwayman981
      @hiwayman981 Před rokem +3

      That's an awesome story to share, thanks for doing so!

  • @joesackbaron
    @joesackbaron Před 2 lety +59

    You never forget when someone makes you feel. Like most kids from the late 70s/80s, Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman.

  • @gregdark5203
    @gregdark5203 Před 2 lety +160

    I tear up when I think about Christopher Reeve. He made me believe a man could fly. I was 10 years old when Superman premiered. That movie was a huge event in my life. It was bigger than life. I trembled during the credit roll in the beginning. But the first time you see him fly in the movie.............chills..........for me, one of the great moments in my life. It was great being a kid.

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider Před 2 lety +11

      Same here, seeing Superman on the big screen was an amazing experience. I was 13 and saw it three times between Xmas and New Year's and it was sold out every time. The third time I brought a little audio recorder and taped most of the movie. Wish I had kept it bc the audience reactions were unbelievable, especially during the helicopter rescue.

    • @RealJap
      @RealJap Před rokem +2

      @@chiefscheider Would love to hear it.

    • @Willowy13
      @Willowy13 Před rokem +3

      Kids nowadays have nothing good to look up for. Maybe the MCU heros, but Disney is crapping all over them. DC never did anything with their suuperheroes. Sad. Sad. Sad.

    • @198634
      @198634 Před rokem +7

      Couldn’t agree more !! I had those feelings back in the day as a 7 year old boy seeing Superman for the first time and I still get those same chills seeing it today at 51

    • @CyberScifi
      @CyberScifi Před rokem

      😎🥳🥳

  • @gaila.6003
    @gaila.6003 Před 2 lety +197

    "Somewhere In Time" One of the most glorious movies I've ever seen. Christopher Reeve was almost angelic, and Jane Seymour was so incredibly stunningly beautiful. The music, the scenery, everything about the movie was perfection, and the ending..Good lord! Knowing how Chris lived the last years of his life, and his passing, makes the movie even more achingly beautiful.

    • @michaelkrolewski7406
      @michaelkrolewski7406 Před 2 lety +10

      Chris actually said in an interview, after his injury that he had an out of body experience, just like the one at the end of Somewhere in Time.

    • @sharonsomers
      @sharonsomers Před rokem +8

      One of my favorites as well. I don't think I've ever watched it without crying. Love it.

    • @Willowy13
      @Willowy13 Před rokem +4

      There are romance/love story movies and then there is Somewhere in Time. It is so incredibly good. There is no way one won't have a broken heart for the main characters by the end of it.

    • @VernCrisler
      @VernCrisler Před rokem +1

      Yes, it was an impactful movie, but I found it a bit disturbing. The ending felt like a deus ex machina ending -- a trite way of reversing the sheer tragedy of the story. (BTW, the woman Elise was based upon was actually a lesbian, lol.) More interesting is that the movie uses Rachmaninoff's music very effectively, and one of the women in the movie was Teresa Wright of the classic movie Best Years of Our Lives.

    • @FreeBird_6791
      @FreeBird_6791 Před rokem +4

      I recently watched Somewhere In Time after hearing folks' rave reviews and I get it. I don't watch romance but that movie was well done and had me captivated the moment the old woman said 'Come back to me'. Very interesting. I wonder if the book if just as good.

  • @dragonfly1694
    @dragonfly1694 Před 2 lety +102

    Margot Kidder was punished by the producers the Salkinds for siding with Richard Donner, the original director of 'Superman', who was working to complete 'Superman II' before he was unceremoniously fired by the producers & replaced with Lester. That is the sole reason why the Lois Lane character was essentially side-lined for Lana Lang. Gene Hackman also sided with Donner & refused to appear in 'Superman III', which is why Robert Vaughn was the main antagonist instead, in the same way that Marlon Brando was replaced with Susannah York for the Krypton flashback scenes in 'Superman II', as Brando sided with Donner as well & refused to appear in the sequel. Lester re-shot about 75% of the scenes filmed for 'Superman II' & brought a camp comedy element into the mix that didn't really suit the series. Richard Pryor was an ill-fit for 'Superman III' & unfortunately his presence determined the film's tone. But it does feature the Superman Vs. Superman battle which might be Christopher Reeve's greatest moment in the role. And the horrific cyborg transformation of Annie Ross in the climax was hands down the scariest moment in any Superman movie! It's still better than 'Superman IV' & 'Superman Returns'. Was a nice homage when they brought Annette O'Toole into the 'Smallville' TV series as Martha Kent, and more recently Helen Slater in the 'Supergirl' series as Eliza Danvers.

    • @chrisk1489
      @chrisk1489 Před 2 lety +9

      Thankyou for sharing that's really interesting. I am 44 now and when i was a kid in the 80's Superman was my hero.

    • @Darthzilla99
      @Darthzilla99 Před 2 lety +14

      To be fair to Richard Lester, the Salkinds were the ones that wanted the camp comedy. The Salkinds wanted Superman to be a campy movie series similar to the Adam West Batman show. Richard Donner envisioned a grand epic fantasy tale similar to Greek stories and having a grand Heroes Journey.
      Reeves always liked working with both Lester and Donner. I always got the impression that Lester was merely just doing a job by the Salkinds and often got unfair blame for the short comings.

    • @lautz73
      @lautz73 Před 2 lety +9

      ... Annette says that when she was reading for the Martha Kent role that the casting agents didn't realize that she had played Lana Lang in Superman 3. Smallville wound up with 2 Lois Lane's, 2 Lana Lang's and 2 Clark Kent's.

    • @DW-nb2zc
      @DW-nb2zc Před rokem +2

      And any of Reeve's Superman movies are better than any other superhero film except maybe for the first Hulk TV movie

    • @responsiblejerk2328
      @responsiblejerk2328 Před rokem +13

      It's such a shame Donner did not continue. His take was exactly right at the right time. Superman is a metaphor for America, and after the dark cynical period of the late 60s/early 70s, it was films like Rocky, Star Wars, Grease, and Superman: The Movie that celebrated American traditions, wholesomeness, virtue and individual heroism. IMO, that trend peaked in the mid-80s with Top Gun, before slowly devolving into woke cynicism again.

  • @modifidious7171
    @modifidious7171 Před 2 lety +75

    Watching Annette was like watching the TV Mom I always wanted.

    • @Mrd9960
      @Mrd9960 Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah exactly, she reminds me so much of Anne Lockhart, another hottie from the 80s that I loved.

  • @eb8967
    @eb8967 Před 2 lety +65

    She's a beautiful lady, Thanks for putting her on your show 👍👍👍👍

  • @moretoknowshow1887
    @moretoknowshow1887 Před 2 lety +31

    Annette O'Toole & her husband Michael McKean have always reminded me of that cool aunt & uncle that you would want to hang out with during summer break. Always liked their dynamic both on/off screen.

  • @sweeney60
    @sweeney60 Před 2 lety +45

    Hearing that Annette was a Superman nerd growing up makes too much sense! How cool that she got to do a movie and a tv show of Superman. How lucky!

    • @davanmani556
      @davanmani556 Před rokem

      Very few nerds can pull it off like Annette did. Directors and producers usually don’t like those types. They feel they are too attached, lack of depth and skill. Annette proved that it’s important to have that kind of attachment with education to give it that burst.

  • @themediachannel353
    @themediachannel353 Před 2 lety +228

    I love tom welling, dean cain, Brandon routh, henry cavill and Tyler hoechlin, these people did a good job as superman but christopher reeve was, is and always will be the greatest and most iconic superman, he was legendary ❤

    • @thedragonlee76
      @thedragonlee76 Před 2 lety +1

      Damm...Your right...I like all of them.

    • @cdgates1
      @cdgates1 Před 2 lety +13

      You can add George Reeves and Kirk Alyn to that list to

    • @themediachannel353
      @themediachannel353 Před 2 lety

      @@cdgates1 yes I agree they also did a good job

    • @Koexistence13
      @Koexistence13 Před 2 lety +4

      @@cdgates1 i liked the fatherly Superman George Reeves portrayed

    • @animegothvampire1999
      @animegothvampire1999 Před 2 lety +1

      @@thedragonlee76 me too tbh

  • @pillar81
    @pillar81 Před 2 lety +37

    That was a touching and beautiful reminiscence from her.
    I mean to be treated so kindly by Reeve, Kidder and Pryor AND seeing Chris as a flesh and blood Superman? Wow.

    • @jamesanderson6373
      @jamesanderson6373 Před 2 lety +1

      *Reeve

    • @pillar81
      @pillar81 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jamesanderson6373 Yeah. I’ve fixed the spelling. Friggin iPhone autocorrect. I put in Reeve and it’s in quotes with Reece on the right. Once I type the comma, it autocorrected to Reece. Right when I typed up my reply to you the dang phone did it to me again.

  • @FrederickLopez
    @FrederickLopez Před 2 lety +149

    This was such an amazing interview. While there are many who have and will don the cape. Christopher Reeve was and IS Superman. He made us all believe a man could fly while standing for truth, justice, and the American way.

  • @knightrcer
    @knightrcer Před 2 lety +31

    I'm trying to imagine how Christopher Reeve probably reacted being out in public and kids just swarming around him saying "Superman". Most celebrities would have bodyguards trying to get them away from that but I have a feeling Christopher Reeve would kneel down and take pictures with them.

    • @brainlock72
      @brainlock72 Před 2 lety +3

      Actors who played Doctor Who have said it’s like taking on responsibility for a whole generation to BECOME the Doctor, and that’s the best analogy I have ever heard to taking on these iconic roles.

    • @danielmoorefield4891
      @danielmoorefield4891 Před 2 lety +3

      Sounds like Chris Evans as Captain America now.

  • @Krypton_Ken
    @Krypton_Ken Před 2 lety +23

    Makes sense that Rosey wasn't a Superman fan as kid, preparing to play Lex Luthor even back then. 😄

  • @jamesburger1127
    @jamesburger1127 Před rokem +8

    Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman!

  • @raspberries6992
    @raspberries6992 Před 2 lety +110

    I remember being so truly impressed with Smallville's casting, especially with John and Martha Kent. What a wonderful nod to the films it was to bring Annette back to play Martha. And she was perfect for the role. She surpassed the nostalgia vote immediately by bringing warmth and depth to the character. Could not have asked for better than she gave us. How sweet to see that she has just as much grace off screen.

    • @DVankeuren
      @DVankeuren Před 2 lety +8

      John Schneider was an awesome Pa Kent.

    • @Figment-
      @Figment- Před 2 lety +1

      And Zod as Jor-El. Great stuff.

    • @williampassmore5739
      @williampassmore5739 Před 2 lety +3

      Everyone was perfectly casted, especially Clark, Lex and Chloe. And Lionel. Love their facial expressions. It's time to watch from the beginning again.

    • @starkrebel
      @starkrebel Před rokem +3

      Yup, the original Lana Lang back in a modern (early 2000's) retelling as Martha Kent was so fitting & genuine. I grew up watching John Schneider in Dukes of Hazzard, & he came along nicely. Guess it was his destiny to play Good Ol Boys.

    • @tristandunn4628
      @tristandunn4628 Před rokem +2

      Totally agree. Annette and John Schneider was a masterstroke of casting for Martha and Jonathan.

  • @Emulous79
    @Emulous79 Před 2 lety +27

    She's so positive and a nice lady!

  • @expat0077
    @expat0077 Před 2 lety +14

    How luck brings these beautiful people into our lives. Life is so cool.

  • @christophermaldonado5149
    @christophermaldonado5149 Před 2 lety +6

    Loved her as Clarks mom and John Sneider as the father, crazy chemistry the first couple of seasons before leaving the series

  • @Donegal62
    @Donegal62 Před 2 lety +41

    Great respect for Annette O'Toole. 👍🥰

  • @unclelink
    @unclelink Před 2 lety +14

    He made me believe a man could fly!

  • @Krypton_Ken
    @Krypton_Ken Před 2 lety +49

    Aw, I could listen to Annette talk about Christopher Reeve all day. How wonderful. I think I started to hear the John Williams music when she described seeing him in costume the first time.

    • @danieldickson8591
      @danieldickson8591 Před 2 lety +7

      Reeve in costume radiated strength and nobility, but also compassion. You saw him, you automatically felt everything's going to be okay, because Superman is here.

    • @Cyborganna
      @Cyborganna Před 2 lety +2

      @@danieldickson8591 Cavill, while handsome and a good Actor, is pure nightmare fuel to me in the role. Never once feel that special paternal safety that Reeve just effortlessly imbued.
      Reeve would descend and gently part clouds bringing soothing Sunshine ~ While Cavill swooped in with aggressively bleak brewing thunderstorms scooped up under his cape.
      Just nothing but foreboding, impeding doom and chaos. Nothing Super to be seen.
      I weep(as a Fan) for the Kids who never got to bathe in Christopher's magnetic light during their formative years. All the young Cavill fans I've met have a tinge of aggression to their Fandoms. The Reeve camp have optimism and more empathy.
      Hope and faith are so vitally necessary in popculture, Children need real Heroes.

    • @willieholmes1483
      @willieholmes1483 Před 2 lety +3

      There should be an act of Congress to make John Williams’ Superman music the official theme for the character. No matter the medium. They should figure out a way to have it play in the comic books!

    • @Krypton_Ken
      @Krypton_Ken Před 2 lety +2

      @@willieholmes1483 I'm all for that. At 46 years old I still get goose bumps and a little choked up every time I hear it.

    • @MiddleEarthGirl75
      @MiddleEarthGirl75 Před rokem +1

      @@Cyborganna I know that is the complaint about Cavill, and I believe Cavill himself said he wished he could do a film more reflective of his predecessors. He's a big fan of the originals. It's the script/WB that made his Superman that way which is sad. He definitely could have pulled off a more softer and heartfelt Superman. You can see glimpses of it here and there in his movies but it's so overshadowed by them making him act as a weapon more than a man.

  • @zaiah9252
    @zaiah9252 Před 2 lety +16

    It is truly an honor to see someone from the Superman movies talking about Chris reeves now a days

  • @davegadge1
    @davegadge1 Před rokem +5

    She’s still beautiful!......there is only one Superman MR Reeves

  • @samanthanickson6478
    @samanthanickson6478 Před 2 lety +16

    annette o’toole!!!!! so good to see you girl!

  • @brennan4159
    @brennan4159 Před 2 lety +58

    Chris reeve is an all time great. He is hands down IMO the best actor to take on superman. He played clark in a beleivable way no other actor has. its easy to be play superman, whole other thing to play bumbling Clark Kent. But Reeves did it to perfection, truly encapsulated the Humanity and complexity of the character, he was Superman. Rest in peace

    • @CyberScifi
      @CyberScifi Před rokem +2

      Your damn right!! Nothing like him. And unbelievably good!!

  • @johnnyskinwalker4095
    @johnnyskinwalker4095 Před 2 lety +6

    OMG what a great story! I would have been in awe as well. It wasn't just a role Christopher Reeve was Superman!

  • @zandelscomicsandcards7543
    @zandelscomicsandcards7543 Před 2 lety +23

    It gives me chills just listening to her telling the story.

  • @LordRain1031
    @LordRain1031 Před 2 měsíci +2

    We lost a GREAT Superman, a phenomenal actor and sich a compassionate human being! R.I.P. Mr. Reevse! Truly a legend!

  • @nebularain3338
    @nebularain3338 Před 2 lety +40

    Superman III is massively underrated. It has issues with tone, but ALL the Smallville scenes are pure gold, and Chris and Annette had way more chemistry than with Margot. Evil Superman was just amazing too!

    • @richardgarcia618
      @richardgarcia618 Před 2 lety +5

      Superman 3 killed the franchise. Firing Donner was the biggest mistake the Salkinds ever made. Chris and Margot were incredible together.

    • @kevin10001
      @kevin10001 Před 2 lety +4

      @@richardgarcia618 they didn’t fire Richard he quit over creative differences with Superman 2 cause originally they were shooting Superman the movie and Superman 2 at the exact same time but they were running out of money so they choose to finish Superman the movie and finish Superman 2 later it’s why the unnecessary general zod scene shows up in Superman the movie and is reshown in Superman 2 where it actually makes sense to be there tenches between Richard and the Salkinds is what cause him to quit

    • @spittyrides
      @spittyrides Před 2 lety +14

      "Evil Superman" and the junkyard scene is a sheer stroke of genius that was sorely misunderstood by audiences at the time. It was too clever for its own good. The scene was a fight "within" Superman; within his psyche. It's all very Jungian.
      While the synthetic kryptonite didn't kill Superman it did make him "sick"; it lowered his inhibitions and revealed the suppressed side of Kal-El's personality. Notice that it was Kent, all meek, clean-cut and raised on the farm, that came out to confront the "evil Superman". Two projections of Superman's psyche.
      This movie was filmed in the midst of a "just say no to drugs" backdrop as well. You could also argue that the junkyard fight was an addicted Superman that was trying to get clean. The clean Clark won.
      A movie well ahead of its time. It's one of my favourite Superman movies.

    • @JoseyWales44s
      @JoseyWales44s Před 2 lety

      Everything that did not involve Richard Pryor or Robert Vaughn.

    • @brendancaldwell7755
      @brendancaldwell7755 Před 2 lety +6

      The parts you mention are it's best elements, but overall Superman 3 is a Richard Pryor movie and Superman is a supporting character. It is so apart from the tone and seriousness of Donners movies that it is sad. IV is total trash. You cannot make a good cheap Superman movie.

  • @johndrake3472
    @johndrake3472 Před 2 lety +21

    As bad as Superman 3 was it still has a special place in my heart, Robert Vaughn does bad guys so well.

    • @pepejimenez9295
      @pepejimenez9295 Před rokem

      I love Superman 3 i really love to see Clark return to smallville and also fight his evil part

    • @Aaliyahchannel2024
      @Aaliyahchannel2024 Před 7 měsíci

      Superman 3 has definitely grown on me. Reminds me of Spiderman 3.... Hated it for years but eventually started to like...then love it. Superman 4 however...is dogshit lol

    • @johndrake3472
      @johndrake3472 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Aaliyahchannel2024 S4 is trash for sure

  • @jayanxiety
    @jayanxiety Před 2 lety +7

    You know what makes Reeve's performance so great? It's because he understands what makes the character work. He understood why people don't recognize Clark Kent as Superman. He played the role as two separate characters. While other characters have a "secret identity", with Superman, Clark Kent IS his secret identity. He plays the part of Kent as a lanky, naive and clumsy geek who looks as threatening as a butter knife, but as soon as he removes the glasses, he straightens up, lowers the voice and becomes a God-like figure. THAT is why Reeve will ALWAYS be the DEFINITIVE Superman!

    • @JoseyWales44s
      @JoseyWales44s Před 2 lety

      You're on the same page as Bill in "Kill Bill Vol 2.". Seems like his opinion was informed by Reeve's performance as Clark was not a buffoon in the comics or early serials and TV show.

  • @adriancombe
    @adriancombe Před 6 dny

    Hearing how she reacted to seeing Chris as Superman for the first time makes me unreasonably happy.

  • @johanprx7985
    @johanprx7985 Před 2 lety +5

    She still makes my heart bounce faster.

  • @joycegibbs5267
    @joycegibbs5267 Před 2 lety +10

    Chris was, (and still is), one of the greatest actors. Somewhere In Time, that ending when he returns to the present and the aftermath, is just incredible acting and has me bawling every time. Didn't deserve what happened to him.

  • @lm7_gio
    @lm7_gio Před 2 lety +9

    "48 hours" was such a fantastic movie. Both my favourite Eddie Murphy movie AND my favourite Nick Nolte movie. So underated film

  • @LokisMorningsofMischief
    @LokisMorningsofMischief Před 2 lety +35

    Annette is so wonderful and so are you for doing these Michael! Keep rocking it brother!

  • @maxbrazil3712
    @maxbrazil3712 Před 2 lety +1

    Not only is Annette a stunning beauty but her speaking voice is like a dreamy siren song.

    • @monkeyb1820
      @monkeyb1820 Před rokem +2

      amazing that she still has the voice of young Annette. Voices usually take on an 'older' sound. I'm thinking she was never a cigarette smoker, but I'm not sure.

  • @darrenhemann6645
    @darrenhemann6645 Před 2 lety +5

    I am just repeating what many have said but Christopher Reeve has always been the best Superman and Clark Kent. He was because I think he was a class act when the cameras weren’t rolling. I have heard story after story about what a wonderful and kind man he was. We don’t have a lot of actors like that nowadays but they are there. The tabloids don’t cover the kindness of people as well as their darker sides. That’s why hearing these stories from people that actually worked with them are good to hear. It confirms what we hope them to be.

  • @leewright1
    @leewright1 Před 2 lety +3

    Annette O'Toole, still as lovely as ever.

  • @russellladmore4939
    @russellladmore4939 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice to see Annette again : ) She seems like such as nice person .

  • @Handle_number_7
    @Handle_number_7 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love, "Somewhere in Time" myself. Good movie. Annette, is still stunning as ever.

  • @mikeshirleyforever
    @mikeshirleyforever Před 2 lety +10

    4:30 Absolutely agreed, highly recommended to everyone to see that film. A beautiful love story with the most lovely score by John Barry. ❤️

  • @norbnar7197
    @norbnar7197 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow. All these years later finding out she was actually a superman fan since being a little kid and her excitement of seeing Chris Reeve in costume as a fan herself. So cool.

  • @ELIASyIBARRA
    @ELIASyIBARRA Před rokem +1

    My jaw was open while listening to her story about Chris Reeve geared up in character as Superman. Amazing.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn Před 2 lety +5

    Underrated film; the evil Supes vs. Clark battle was great. Reeves had so much range.

  • @duaneraymond4252
    @duaneraymond4252 Před 2 lety +3

    That's a great story. It must have been something to see and know Christopher Reeve as Clark and then see a transformation into Superman. She must have really got chills.

  • @boogeh3630
    @boogeh3630 Před 2 lety +3

    My Uncle worked as a set painter on the Superman movies and told me that Christopher Reeve used to sit with the crew to eat lunch sometimes, he said that Christopher found out it was my Uncles birthday and turned up at lunch with a VERY expensive watch as a Birthday gift.

  • @gamble777888
    @gamble777888 Před rokem +2

    Reeve is underrated. Amazing actor.

  • @shaunkelly5095
    @shaunkelly5095 Před 2 lety +2

    I had to go back and watch Superman 3😭😭😭

  • @Doomzdayxx
    @Doomzdayxx Před 2 lety +3

    She has aged pretty well! Loved her character in superman III

  • @Starpilot17
    @Starpilot17 Před 2 lety +7

    Wow! Thanks for this. I'm glad to hear this story.

  • @nymike06
    @nymike06 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Big fan of Annette O'Toole. Wonderful actress.

  • @JinhuoXiChina
    @JinhuoXiChina Před rokem +1

    CHRISTOPHER REEVE IS THE LEGEND OF LEGENDS !!!!
    Handsome , funny , talented , charming he was just EVERYTHING !
    He is such an angel

  • @paulonius42
    @paulonius42 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you for this wonderful interview with this wonderful woman! I'll always have a crush on Annette O'Toole, and I am so happy seeing and hearing her get so excited about her Superman love! :) :) :)

  • @cabellero1120
    @cabellero1120 Před 2 lety +6

    Many good actors have played Superman
    but CR will always be the GOAT

  • @planetusa1
    @planetusa1 Před 2 lety +1

    Annette o'toole...iconic actress talking about iconic personalities. Wonderful treat in these trying times.

  • @michaelroque2662
    @michaelroque2662 Před 2 lety +2

    Christopher Reeve has always been and will always be the first man I think of when I think of Superman.

  • @Greg87601
    @Greg87601 Před 2 lety +3

    I become an Superman fan because of Christopher Reeve.

  • @mokeish
    @mokeish Před 2 lety +4

    One of the best clips I've seen yet

  • @thiagoteixeira6537
    @thiagoteixeira6537 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Christopher Reeve will always be Superman!

  • @ptertaintv
    @ptertaintv Před rokem +1

    Christopher Reeve is a legend.
    May he rest in peace.

  • @Tec811
    @Tec811 Před 2 lety +3

    Amazing interview and her humility sharing her workplace experience with all the stars on Superman III is met with awe

  • @lordsidious83
    @lordsidious83 Před 2 lety +6

    ill always have a place for superman 3. Sure as an adult you can easily see it was no where near the standard of the first two, however it was the first one i seen. That and despite criticisms its actually a decent watch

  • @joshsainz8859
    @joshsainz8859 Před 10 měsíci +1

    GOD BLESS the beautiful person that Christopher was 😊 a real
    Super hero :)

  • @aneesackbarali5149
    @aneesackbarali5149 Před 2 lety +2

    As was said numerous times, Superman use to act as Christopher Reeve. A legend , never dies! 💪

  • @CompleteHoneyBee
    @CompleteHoneyBee Před 2 lety +8

    Christopher Reeve is the G.O.A.T. Superman. No one has come close yet.

    • @potatowaffle5653
      @potatowaffle5653 Před 2 lety +1

      Henry cavill did and is.... I believe Chris even knew of Henry before his passing as Henry had been trying get the role of superman for sometime before he finally got it 👍

    • @potatowaffle5653
      @potatowaffle5653 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/MnFkAUW3GjA/video.html

  • @AlexPoutineVids
    @AlexPoutineVids Před 2 lety +11

    An incredible story. Thank you, Annette and Michael for this. A huge part of my childhood and I always wondered what it was like seeing Superman in person.

  • @fredtaylor9792
    @fredtaylor9792 Před 3 měsíci

    Every Christopher Reeve story is just great. What an awesome person.

  • @petecoventry6858
    @petecoventry6858 Před 3 měsíci

    Margot, Richard, Christopher and Gene as well as Annette - some really amazing people RIP to the ones who have gone.

  • @odinthorson1830
    @odinthorson1830 Před 2 lety +4

    Great story.😊

  • @NYKensington
    @NYKensington Před 2 lety +3

    She seems like a swell dame. 👍

  • @ritchievalins5186
    @ritchievalins5186 Před rokem

    i got goosebumps when i imagined chris as superman behind her as she turns slowly and looking up. as if there was a light behind him and the red cape illuminates his silhoutte. as he steps forward, the light hits his rich blue eyes and the confidence and strength that he exudes overwhelms her as she is in awe of her childhood hero stands before her...unreal! Christopher Reeve...forever the superman of all time to me.

  • @bracita15
    @bracita15 Před 2 lety +2

    What a magical moment, complete with a darkened movie studio and looking up to him as if looking up a mountain! That made me tear up 🥺 I would’ve stammered if I ever met him in person. If I ever saw him in full costume though, I’d probably pass out.

  • @anhsedus30
    @anhsedus30 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautiful interview and beautiful memories being shared ❣️

  • @kevin10001
    @kevin10001 Před 2 lety +3

    Christopher really went all in on the the character and u can see it in his performance from what I have heard about Superman 3 it had to be totally rewritten cause Christopher had issues with the original script cause of what they wanted Superman to do with supergirl he seemed to understand Superman really well even though decision that were made throughout the whole franchise

  • @joycegibbs5267
    @joycegibbs5267 Před měsícem

    I always remember how stunningly beautiful Annette was/ is. I always wanted to be her & I love her voice. Such a lovely actress ❤

  • @chriszaldotapia219
    @chriszaldotapia219 Před rokem

    We all love Superman and we all wanna be like Superman.

  • @dutchvonrichardson
    @dutchvonrichardson Před 2 lety +46

    Tom Welling was a great Clark Kent as he never officially donned the monicker of Superman until he defeated Darkseid. Rosenbaum though? My generations definitive Lex Luthor. Will say, love the modern DCEU, but comparing Rosenbaum to Eisenberg is like comparing beautifully polished apples to crack cocaine.

    • @mikeadams7904
      @mikeadams7904 Před 2 lety +2

      Absolutely

    • @C-SQUARED24
      @C-SQUARED24 Před 2 lety +2

      I know this is gonna sound weird, Eisenberg was weird to me. It didn't make sense, it's like there was a piece missing. Then in justice league, they put him in the gene Hackman-esque suit and it all made sense. Aside from Rosenbaum, lex always had a bit of flamboyance in his style (Hackman, spacey, eisenberg) and after seeing him come full circle, I'd love to see him again being full lex.

    • @mr.b4444
      @mr.b4444 Před rokem +1

      I'm in my mid 60's and have seen all the movies and TV series. Rosenbaum is the best Lex by a country mile. None of the other actors came even close but some of that is they also portray Lex as kind of goofy. As for Eisenberg, he sucks. I love the Man of Steel movie and feel it is the best portrayal of superman with the exception of Eisenberg.

    • @paulojoao4863
      @paulojoao4863 Před rokem

      @@mr.b4444 John Shea>Rosenbaum.

    • @paulojoao4863
      @paulojoao4863 Před rokem

      John Shea>Rosenbaum.

  • @axepagode33626
    @axepagode33626 Před 2 lety +4

    Richard Pryor and Margot Kidder starred together in "Some kind of Hero".

  • @mikefit3343
    @mikefit3343 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Annette O'Toole was a total babe back in her prime so I'm not at all surprised Christopher was extra helpful and courteous towards her, but then again Chris always seemed like he is that type of person who cares about others.

  • @kingsman8475
    @kingsman8475 Před 2 lety +4

    Margot was still upset over Richard Donner fired from the production from Superman ll and they felt Margot " appeared to old."And they gave him a new love interest.

    • @Lightner445555555555
      @Lightner445555555555 Před 2 lety +3

      Kingsman, I've always preferred Lana over Lois anyways! I've always found Lois annoying.

  • @DjMiBsweden
    @DjMiBsweden Před 2 lety +5

    no way she is 70 wow

  • @mikertronprimus1
    @mikertronprimus1 Před rokem

    Michael Rosenbaum YOU ROCK!!! Thank YOU for coming to waikiki and singing KARAOKE with me and your crew years ago! We jammed "SAILING" together lol! Great interview with Annette she is Amazing as Martha Kent and Christopher Reeves IS Superman, and YOU are THE BEST LEX LUTHOR...EVER! Love You Man!!!

  • @demetriuscooksey7147
    @demetriuscooksey7147 Před 2 měsíci

    She is such an amazing actor and storyteller. And what a natural beauty.

  • @tylerriddle7748
    @tylerriddle7748 Před 2 lety +64

    Henry Cavill is good but Christopher reeve is best and I think if Tom welling had a movie he would've been great too

    • @thedoneeye
      @thedoneeye Před 2 lety +4

      Yup! One of the things that made Christopher Reeve great was how he created two entirely different characters for Clark Kent and Superman! You could see *why* people wouldn't have figured that they were one and the same.

    • @bigbaz-1218
      @bigbaz-1218 Před 2 lety +4

      @@thedoneeye tom welling was great dude

    • @tygressblade
      @tygressblade Před 2 lety +2

      Tom Welling is still alive.

    • @tylerriddle7748
      @tylerriddle7748 Před 2 lety

      @@tygressblade yea but he's no longer Superman really and never had a movie

    • @tygressblade
      @tygressblade Před 2 lety

      @@tylerriddle7748 You can’t write In English can you. Or worse, you have no knowledge of English grammar. I just said that Welling was still alive when someone wrote that he was dead. Read before you comment.
      Or are you one these backboneless men who has to troll every woman.

  • @sup9542
    @sup9542 Před 2 lety +5

    Superman III has the best version of Clark Kent, and if you could edit the corniness out of that movie, there's actually a really good movie hidden in there that's based around Clark and Lana. Also, Reeve was at his biggest and most "mountainous" in that movie.

  • @CharlieFleed
    @CharlieFleed Před rokem +1

    Loved this memory of Christopher Reeve. Annette had really good chemistry with Chris, I have watched all the Smallville scenes countless times, both funny and sweet.

  • @acerjuglans383
    @acerjuglans383 Před 2 lety +1

    I was in Calgary at the time Superman 3 was being made.
    I even took a Polaroid photo of Richard Pryor's stuntman jumping off a skyscraper, down to an airbag. So cool.

  • @rolandofgilead43
    @rolandofgilead43 Před 2 lety +3

    as much as i love him as Superman my favorite film of his of anything he ever did is Death Trap (1982) anyone who hasn't seen it must see it he plays against the great Michael Caine and Dyan Cannon plays Caine's Wife as well it's well worth a watch

    • @JoseyWales44s
      @JoseyWales44s Před 2 lety

      "Death Trap" was great; always keeps you guesisng.

  • @aliali-ce3yf
    @aliali-ce3yf Před 2 lety +62

    all due respect to Tom Welling, Henry Cavill, etc - but Chris Reeve IS Superman

    • @BigBass-xf5yi
      @BigBass-xf5yi Před 2 lety

      Reeves will always be my childhood favorite, but in the modern era, Henry Cavil is second to none. I wish they utilized him even more.

    • @paulpolpiboon9535
      @paulpolpiboon9535 Před 2 lety

      What do you mean all due respect...? THOSE guys are the ones that have to respect CHRISTOPHER REEVE

  • @joslynanderson5644
    @joslynanderson5644 Před rokem

    !Christopher Reeve is and will only ever be the only man to make me believe that a man can fly ",may he rest in peace love and blessings to his beautiful family .

  • @Bernie0481USMC
    @Bernie0481USMC Před 2 lety +1

    Reeves def always Superman. And I love her. She is so beautiful

  • @rhartle8227
    @rhartle8227 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Christopher Reeve is the best Superman just like Michael Keaton will always be Batman