Christopher Reeve was rendered crippled following a catastrophic accident. Following that, he battled hopelessness and thought he had lost all desire to live. However, his wife’s encouraging and motivating remarks caused a significant shift in his perspective.
In the cherished “Superman” film series, Christopher Reeve played Clark Kent, a role that made him incredibly popular with viewers all over the world.
Their shared interest in the performing arts introduced him to his future bride. During a break one evening, the actor went to a cabaret event and was enthralled with a performer named Dana Morosini.
It took him a while to win her heart, but in the end he succeeded. William Reeve, the couple’s son, was born into their family in 1992, the year they got married.
Christopher’s life tragically changed in 1995 when he had a strange accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down during a cross-country horse competition.
In an open interview from May 2001, six years after the accident, Christopher discussed the ways in which his life had changed. Although it was difficult to believe six years had gone, he observed that the period felt both extraordinarily long and startlingly short.
Christopher tried not to think about that fatal day too much, although he acknowledged that he sometimes had flashbacks. He described what happened before the event as “a very hot, very humid, very lethargic day.”
A hazy feeling that “things weren’t really in the groove” that day was another memory the Emmy Award winner shared. He acknowledged that, at the moment, he wasn’t entirely focused on the competition and that, in fact, he had preferred the thought of going sailing that weekend.
But as time went on, Christopher discovered that accepting what had happened became simpler for him with every passing year. Gradually, the ideas of what he could have done differently began to fade from his mind.
Christopher decided to go on and not allow those ideas to dictate his future, even though he knew that his injuries would become more bothersome to him with time.
In response to a question concerning the accident’s effects on his family, Christopher said that, despite his history of multiple injuries, he had always survived with no lasting effects.
“I remember always thinking I must not injure myself, to ever become incapacitated,” Christopher divulged. However, this time, he realized the profound repercussions his injury had on his loved ones.
