Hvem var den første skuespiller der spillede superman?
George Reeves
Superman curse
George Reeves spillede Superman i filmen Superman and the Mole Men fra 1951 og i den efterfølgende tv-serie Adventures of Superman. Ligesom Alyn og Reeve blev han for tæt forbundet med rollen til at finde yderligere arbejde. Den 16. juni 1959, få dage før han skulle giftes, blev Reeves fundet død af et skudsår i sit hjem med sin Luger ved siden af sig. Dødsfaldet blev erklæret for selvmord, men der hersker kontroverser omkring dødsfaldet, da Reeves' fingeraftryk aldrig blev fundet på pistolen, og han havde haft en affære med MGM-chef Eddie Mannix' kone. Det var Reeves' død, der inspirerede konspirationsteorierne og den urbane legende om en forbandelse, der er forbundet med karakteren.
George Reeves
Superman curse
George Reeves played Superman in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and the ensuing television series Adventures of Superman. Like Alyn and Reeve, he was too closely associated with the role to find further work. On June 16, 1959, days before he was to be married, Reeves was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home with his Luger near him. The death was ruled a suicide, but controversy surrounds the death, as Reeves's fingerprints were never found on the gun, and he had been having an affair with the wife of MGM exec Eddie Mannix. It was Reeves's death that inspired the conspiracy theories and the urban legend of a curse associated with the character.
Superman curse