U.S. Soap Opera Actor May Don 'Superman' Cape
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Little-known TV actor Brandon Routh appears poised to leap from soap-opera obscurity to film fame as the Man of Steel in a new "Superman" movie being developed at Warner Bros. Pictures.
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A member of the MTV family will soon be leaping over tall buildings in a single bound - 25-year-old Brandon Routh, who played &quot;Wade&quot; on the MTV soap opera &quot;Undressed,&quot; will star as the Man of Steel in the upcoming Superman movie.
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Christopher Reeve, the &#39;Superman&#39; film star who became a superhero in his own right while battling paralysis after a 1995 horse-riding accident, has died.
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October 22, 2004 - After conducting a lengthy worldwide search, Warner Brothers has announced that 25-year-old unknown Brandon Routh has been cast in the title role of the new Superman movie.
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DES MOINES, Iowa A little-known actor from Iowa will be the next Man of Steel. Routh, who grew up in Norwalk, has appeared in the soap opera &quot;One Life to Live&quot; and just finished his first feature film, &quot;Deadly.
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Christopher Reeve probably would have preferred to be only an actor. But it was his fate to be a Superman, both onscreen and off. The actor who convinced movie audiences that a son of Krypton
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Another unknown has accepted the task of protecting truth, justice and the American way. Brandon Routh, 25, will wear the Man of Steel&#39;s cape and tights for Superman Returns.
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Although he will always be remembered  for portraying "Superman," the greatest role of actor  Christopher Reeve's life was as a champion of sufferers of  spinal cord injuries and an advocate of stem cell research.
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A few days after he was paralysed from the neck down in a riding accident in 1995, Superman actor Christopher Reeve told his wife, Dana: &quot;Perhaps we should let me go.
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Christopher Reeve, the screen and stage actor who starred in &quot;Superman&quot; films and who became an international advocate for spinal cord research after a near-fatal equestrian accident nine years ago in Culpeper, Va.
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Christopher Reeve was the ideal actor to play Superman. It wasn&#39;t just that he brought good looks and charm to the role, or that he could wear the required costume - chest-straddling &quot;S&quot; and all - without looking silly.
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Compared to Spider-Man, Superman looks like an 89-pound   weakling--at least when it comes to their respective box-office prowess.
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As an actor playing Superman, Christopher Reeve could never really fly. But, somehow, after a spinal chord injury left him unable to breathe or move a limb on his own, Reeve - the man - learned to soar.
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A little-known actor has been cast as the new Superman, for a new adventure to be released in 2006. Brandon Routh, who has appeared in Will &amp; Grace and Cold Case has won the role after a massive search for a new actor to play the Man of Steel.
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Christopher Reeve, the star of the "Superman" movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.
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The networks will soon have to decide whether to entrust the intricacies of soap opera plots to the unseasoned pens of executives and producers.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - One of America's favorite  television actors has turned to drinking to show off both his  acting skills and that he is not just a "Friend."