Will Reeve proudly celebrates his late father’s legacy, Superman star Christopher Reeve, but he’s perfectly happy to let someone else carry the superhero mantle.
“I don’t know. I love my job as a correspondent for ABC News,” Will, 32, told PEOPLE at the Sept. 18 New York premiere of the new documentary. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storywhich features Will and his siblings Matthew, 44, and Alexandra, 40, sharing memories of their late father. “I think I like to perform, maybe, but I don’t know if I’m good at acting.”
David Corenswet will be the third actor after Christopher Reeve to play Superman on the big screen, following Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill, in the upcoming film Superman (in cinemas from July 2025). Will says he approves of the latest casting choice: “I think they got a good David.”
From left: Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve Givens, David Corenswet and Will Reeve on September 18, 2004 at the NYC premiere of ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’.
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Will, who has been with ABC since 2018, will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming Supermanbut he and his siblings get a lot more screen time in the new documentary. A film about their father and the star of the 1978 film Supermancovers his early days in New York with his best friend Robin Williams until the 1995 horse riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down and its aftermath. He died of heart failure in 2004 at the age of 52.
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The documentary also details the relationship between Will’s parents before and after the accident. Christopher and Dana Reeve married in 1992, and three years later, she became his tireless primary caregiver.
“My mom was maybe the most special person to ever grace this earth,” Will recently told PEOPLE, adding, “She didn’t have to wake up every day and decide to take care of our family. That’s who she was.”
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Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve.
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Tragically, Dana died of lung cancer at the age of 44 in 2006, just 17 months after losing her husband. In the documentary, Will, who was only 13 at the time, says: “That’s when I realized I was completely alone.”
He also recently spoke with PEOPLE about how his life changed after losing both of his parents. “I moved in with our beloved neighbors who were our best friends,” he said. “And it’s been such an unlikely, incredible experience for almost 20 years.”
His older brothers and sisters also came to his support. “Matthew and Al, always in my life, not just in difficult times, have been sources of such strength and support and joy and love for me,” he said.
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“I mean, they’ve all passed,” he adds. “I think it was a complete situation. My maternal grandparents, Charles and Helen Morini, were incredibly indispensable. And we were fortunate to live in a close-knit community. We had great groups of friends and teachers and coaches and people from of the past and people of the present are just investing as they always could.”
“As they say, it takes a village. And the village responded to our situation in such a significant and impactful way.”
Super Man/The Christopher Reeve Story will play in select theaters on September 21st, with a special encore screening on September 25th, which would have been Reeve’s 72nd birthday.
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