How nice would it not be to dwell in a world the place you possibly can peek exterior your window and watch Superman out and about, flying, in search of his subsequent nice mission? For a younger baby again within the day, Christopher Reeve delivered an actual shock and had him satisfied he was watching Superman when the actor was filming his scenes.

In “Nonetheless Me,” Reeve’s 1999 autobiography, which illustrates the actor’s expertise as the large display screen Superman, the star was reminded of a day he was filming the 1978 movie, the primary of his superhero movie franchise. The actor was rehearsing for a scene in New York Metropolis’s Brooklyn Heights the place Superman rescues a bit woman’s cat from a tree. The sequence required Reeve to rehearse all afternoon: the crane holding him took him previous seventh-story home windows of an residence constructing, the place a fortunate baby received to look at.

At a number of occasions throughout the day, Reeve was greeted by the younger boy wanting exterior his window. For the actor, it was a sophisticated day of filming. For the kid, it was a daily day in Metropolis.

Learn the story from Reeve in his personal phrases:

“My flight path took me previous the seventh-story home windows of an residence constructing. I used to be carrying avenue garments and the flying harness with my hair executed Superman fashion as I flew again and again previous the identical home windows. At round 5 o’clock a child of about seven pulled up the window in his room and referred to as out, ‘Hey, Superman, how ya doing?'”