European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Superman has his feet on the ground by Warren Perley United press International he next time he plies in uniform the Man of steel will look the same but will act differently. Christopher Reavo has agreed to Star As his Well known altar ego in a fourth Superman Movre but Tufa Lima he will have Complete editorial control Over the script he plans to make some Maior changes in the Superman character Reeve in Montreal recently filming his Latosz movie Street smart was enthusiastic when asked about expanding his role Tram actor to scriptwriter along with director Jerry Schal Borg and screenwriter David Freeman to played a major role in revising Trie plot at Street smart in which he stars in i he Lead role of ambitious Yuppie Magazine writer Jonathan Fisher. To movie is about the scud chive Power of journalism of Media and the Street me on an ambitious White Middle class Yuppie the Story revolves around Fisher who lakes a cover Story profiling a times Square Pimp after is is unable to come tip with the interviews in Lima Tor his new York Magazine s deadline. The script written by Freeman live years ago was updated last Winter Aller Schat Bergand Reeve spent Lime researching the seamy night lilo of times  Reeve travelled with undercover police and worked with new York television and Magazine reporters to get a feel Tor the Story. It Marks the first movie he has had a direct hand in writing. 1 i really had a Good Lime doing  Reeve said As he relaxed in his we Tobago Between scenes shot on downtown is. Lawrence Boulevard Here was a script that basically worked and yet i had a lot of new information that i gained from research. I was Able to take existing scenes and transform them into something that was hopefully More  plausibility is an important element m any production Fie eve is involved in. He vowed three years ago not to do a fourth Superman movie because he Ell the third one had evolved into a parody a National Lampoon world of its  in december 1985, he met wih producer Menahem Golan in new York and struck a Deal to Star in a fourth Superman movie if Golan would produce Reeve s Pel project Street smart and give him absolute control Over the script of Superman in. Ii will begin filming in England in three months. Reeve who turns 34 in september is excited about both films the More i choose material that i really care about thai i m really interested in the belter i do Reeve said. I m really intrigued by the moral dilemma of a Guy who really wants to please the Boss and allows himself to cheat As a result of  Superman will continue to Fly. But his feet will be More firmly on the ground in Reeve s next version. Rather than reacting solely to crises the new Superman will gel involved in people s daily lives and try to lift their despair by dealing with issues such As the omnipresent nuclear threat. I m interested in Superman s feelings about real people today and what would it be like if there were really such a person among us Reeve said being typecast by the Public As Superman is a act of life that Reeve accepts. There is no actor with the possible exception of meryl Strep. Who is exempt from typecasting he said Rex Harrison after my fair lady Sean Connery Richard Chamberlain Albert Finney Aller Tom Jones. Alpa Cronin godfather the Way you first arrive on the scene will be the Label they Brand you Wolfi for a while " being his own Man has meant choosing roles Hal satisfy his creative needs. I be always followed my instincts. A lot of choices i make work against what people s image of me might be. I Don t care whether the role is a Guy who is homosexual psychopathic freaked out drugged out a priest whatever i don11 do what some actors do which is to find out what Corner of the Market you can occupy and Hen just remain there. I m much More  Reeve has an impressive s of movie end stage credits in diverse roles going Back 19 years. He has appeared in 11 films 10 of Thorn As the leading Man. He has been in 110 plays. � last year he teamed with Vanessa. Redgrave Linda Hunt and Jessica Tandy in the him version of Henry Jamas the bos lonians. Many critics have Given him better reviews Lor films such As the bos lonians and sea trap than Lor Superman which they consider Popcorn entertainment Reeve said. One of the Lew dim actors who performs regularly on stage Reeve spent last Ian at Broadway s Circle in the Square theater where he starred in the Andrei Serban directed stage adaptation of beaumarchais the marriage of Figaro. When not performing Reeve is actively involved in the new York theater As a member of Circle repertory Corr Pany and on the committee to save the Heaters. I once heard a Hollywood actor say stage is the place you go when your film career is bombing i think that is a very cynical comment and not True Reeve said. The stage is a greater Challenge. You have to have a real skill and a real technique to work on stage. In film you can almost take someone Oil the Street and with the right lights. Music and editing make him look belter than he really is. On stage you re naked and out there by  off stage Reeve guards his privacy but remains a gracious exception to the image of Hollywood arrogance. He recently look Lime prior to shooting to show Lormer Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. His three sons and former Superman co Star Margot Kidder around the set. Reeve goes out of his Way to Greet a reporter waiting on the bide to interview him. He shies away from discussing his family relationships. His lather who leaches seminars on poetry and Short Story writing Al Yale and Wesleyan universities and his Mother who writes for a weekly newspaper in new Jersey divorced when he was growing up. Reeve says he is very very close to his brother who is one year younger and a Law student. He has four half Brothers and one half sister from his parents remarriage. Reeve lives in a duplex on new York s upper West Side with briton que Exton a Model s agent he met when filming the original Superman in London. They have two children Matthew. 6, and Alexandra 2. A photo actor curl Tropher Reeve wait continue to Fly la Superman in but t a Plant Tome major changes in the Superman character. On his role As a Parent he says the most important thing a lather can do is to make in Clear to his children thai they Don t have to show off or o o anything other than be themselves in order to receive  outside work and family. Reeve s hobbies Are skiing flying gliding sailing and playing piano and Tennis. He has been known to Fly his twin engine plane from new York to Vermont Lake a 50-mile Bike ride and return Home the same Day. He has logged More than 2,000 hours of flying time and has flown his own plane across the Atlantic twice. While gliding in England seven years ago he was forced to put Down on a disused British military Airfield. Already known around the world As Superman he was welcomed by the crusty British officers who ushered him into the guardhouse for some Lea and autographs. When asked Why he Chosa to become an actor while growing up in Princeton n.j., Reeve seems slumped. I have no idea other than there was a theater in town and 1 started working As to Why he stayed in acting. Reeve smiles and relates an anecdote about his freshman year at Cornell University. Where he studied English literature and drama. The fj-fool-4-Inch Reeve decided to indulge his passion for ice hockey by trying out for goalie on the University team. The puck was coming faster and the hitting was harder than in had been in High school he recalled. I just thought i Don l really need Inis. I prefer the theater Page 16 the stars and stripes monday july 14,1986