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Should have been Superman in the 1950s instead of George Reeves

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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Thoughts?

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

The success of that show was based on George's charm, not his physique. Steve didn't have that. I'm pretty sure you are kidding.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I've never been a big fan of George Reeve's portrayal.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

That doesn't change what I said.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Okay then.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

Besides the Superman role would have been a massive pay cut

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Those Italian peplum movies must have paid a lot.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

TAOS ran from 1952 to 1958 and was low budgeted. In that time frame Reeves film career was meager.

At the peak of his career ( 1958 to 1964,), Reeves was the highest-paid actor in Europe. By 1964, Reeves said his fee was $250,000 a film .

So he could have done both. But he made a lot more with the Italians.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Interesting.

[–] L1 (1316) 5 years ago

There was a 70 percet chance hed become a stalker

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Interesting.