Christopher Reeve won the hearts of viewers and critical acclaim by playing the main character in a series of films about . Perhaps he would have created many more roles on the big screen if not for the tragic event that ended his career.
He was 3 years old when his father suffered an accident. Shortly thereafter he became an orphan
On May 27, 1995, during a horse riding competition in Virginia, Reeve fell from his horse. The fall was so unfortunate that he suffered a spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. From then on, he was dependent on the help of third parties, as he used a wheelchair and breathed with the help of a respirator until the last moments of his life.
This situation had the greatest impact on the actor’s children. From his relationship with model Gae Exton, he had two children, Matthew and Alexandra. Later he married Dana Morosini, and the fruit of this love was Will. The youngest was only 3 years old when he had an accident, so he doesn’t have many memories of the moments spent together.
We never went whale watching together. We never did many of the usual father-and-son things. No ball games, no driving lessons, no prom photos, no college visits, no boys dinners in New York. But all these years I felt you were with me
– in a post published on social media on Father’s Day. When Christopher Reeve died, Will was only 12 years old. Fate did not spare him, because two years later his mother also died from lung cancer. Then he was placed in the care of his parents’ friends.
Today, Will Reeve is a carbon copy of his famous father. However, he has a completely different plan for life
During his childhood and teenage years, Will was comfortable in front of the camera and willingly accepted episodic roles in television productions. However, he knew from the very beginning that acting was neither his calling nor his passion. Today it fulfills itself as . He took his first steps in his profession at ESPN, and currently works for ABC News. He is also active on social media. He has accumulated over 70,000 followers on Instagram. followers with whom he willingly shares snippets from his private life.
Looking at his photos, it is impossible not to notice a striking resemblance to his famous father, and as he himself admits, everyone tells him that he is a “bad dad.” Comparison is not a disgrace to him, but a huge compliment. – It means they remember my dad. I’m flattered. I had two beautiful parents, comely and rich inside. And I treat it as a compliment that I resemble them physically, temperamentally, and in philosophy of life – in one of the interviews. Will, together with his older siblings, runs a foundation named after his father. The organization conducts research aimed at restoring mobility to people who have suffered spinal cord injuries.
Source: Gazeta
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