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Post by lowtacks86 on Feb 3, 2019 22:41:03 GMT
By that I mean they couln't find much success outside of superhero films. Christopher Reeves and Tobey Maguire come to mind.
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Post by James on Feb 3, 2019 22:54:51 GMT
Brandon Routh
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 3, 2019 23:07:40 GMT
Reeve was the biggest casualty. He was born too late. If he had been active in the 50s-60s, he would have had more career opportunities. His type 6'3-was needed for Superman but by the late 70s they were being shuffled off the stage as it were. As Michael Caine said, all his younger leading men co-stars were getting shorter and shorter.
I last saw Reeve in the tv version of the Sea Wolf and he was quite good, in fact I liked his performance better than the guy who was in the 1940 version.
I suspect if his accident hadn't happened he would have portrayed Superman one more time, probably with Batman.
Superhero roles were considered demeaning--it's only recently in the corporate mascot era that they are given so much attention. Decades ago typecasting was considered a serious matter--actors today might play three different superheroes.
Clint Eastwood said in an interview how thankful he was not to have had a role climate like exists now.
No kidding.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 3, 2019 23:20:42 GMT
  One man coped with the typecasting better than the other. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 3, 2019 23:29:37 GMT
By that I mean they couln't find much success outside of superhero films. Christopher Reeves and Tobey Maguire come to mind. Depends too on the definition and view of what constitutes "much success" … ot BTW it's Christopher REEVE and George REEVES
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Post by politicidal on Feb 4, 2019 1:14:17 GMT
Billy Campbell
Helen Slater
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 4, 2019 4:34:52 GMT
Chris Evans
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Post by ck100 on Feb 4, 2019 5:00:55 GMT
The thing with Reeve though is he actually had a lot of offers come to him for other work that he turned down for some reason.
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