Christopher Reeve state funds to stem cell research. Proposition 71 was approved less than one month after Reeve's death. On February 25, 2003, Reeve appeared in the television series "Smallville" as Dr. Swann in the episode "Rosetta". In that episode, Dr. Swann brings to Clark Kent (Tom Welling) information about where he comes from and how to use his powers for the good of mankind. The scenes of Reeve and Welling feature music cues from 1978's "Superman: The Movie", composed by John Williams and arranged by Mark Snow. At the end of this episode, Reeve and Welling appeared in a short spot
Christopher Reeve the Sherry Netherland Hotel on Fifth Avenue. The morning after the meeting, Reeve was sent a 300-page script. He was thrilled that the script took the subject matter seriously, and that Richard Donner's motto was "verisimilitude". Reeve immediately flew to London for a screen test, and on the way was told that Marlon Brando was going to play Jor-El and Gene Hackman was going to play Lex Luthor. Reeve still did not think he had much of a chance. Though standing , he was a self-described "skinny WASP." On the plane ride to London, he imagined how his approach to