2015 Movie News Archives

November 2, 2015: Richard Donner Years Celebrity Reunion Panel Video

Super Reunion Thanks to CapedWonder.com we have the complete 51 minute Q&A panel from WonderCon 2015, in which Superman celebrities who starred in 'Superman: The Movie' and 'Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut' got together.

    Moderated by Jim Bowers, founder of CapedWonder Superman Imagery, and Jay Towers, morning news anchor for WJBK-Fox 2 News Detroit, the room was filled to capacity to see a star-studded group that included Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Diane Sherry, Marc McClure, Jack O'Halloran, Aaron Smolinski and Ilya Salkind.

    Memories were the order of the day: Many of those moments shared, whether on-screen, behind the scenes or off-set, humanized a cast that at the time was thought of as superhuman.

    Top of mind for Kidder, who played Lois Lane, and O'Halloran, who played Kryptonian thug Non, was the flying. Specifically, how uncomfortable and seemingly dangerous it felt.

    "It was painful. Those harnesses would make your pelvic area so sore," said Kidder. "And they had you in these costumes and suspended in the air. ... It was very difficult to just use the bathroom."

    "I remember that, Margot," said O'Halloran. "I remember we were suspended up in the air 70 feet with nothing but concrete below us, and Richard was like 'Oh. No.' Next thing, we had some mats down there. We also had these metal bars that held us, and we were assured they wouldn't break. So I broke one and the guy said, 'Well, that's no good.'"

    Not all breaks were bad.

    "We broke the mold with technology with 'Superman.' That's why it's still as good today as it was back [in 1978]," said O'Halloran.

Read the full article at the LA Times website.



2015 Movie News

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