{"id":492917,"date":"2022-09-14T04:31:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/christopher-reeves-superman-performance-pushed-robin-williams-to-play-popeye\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T04:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:31:29","slug":"christopher-reeves-superman-performance-pushed-robin-williams-to-play-popeye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/christopher-reeves-superman-performance-pushed-robin-williams-to-play-popeye\/","title":{"rendered":"#Christopher Reeve&#8217;s Superman Performance Pushed Robin Williams To Play Popeye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aee4adb85dea\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aee4adb85dea\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/christopher-reeves-superman-performance-pushed-robin-williams-to-play-popeye\/#%E2%80%9CChristopher_Reeves_Superman_Performance_Pushed_Robin_Williams_To_Play_Popeye%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Christopher Reeve&#8217;s Superman Performance Pushed Robin Williams To Play Popeye&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChristopher_Reeves_Superman_Performance_Pushed_Robin_Williams_To_Play_Popeye%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Christopher Reeve&#8217;s Superman Performance Pushed Robin Williams To Play Popeye&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                                                            In the book, Itzkoff \u2014 who had access to Williams and his family for interviews \u2014 explains that Williams was worried &#8220;that his unique attributes would get lost in the trappings of a familiar cartoon character.&#8221; He was concerned enough that he took the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> to his longtime friend and writer Bennett Tramer, who said, &#8220;Unless you talking like Popeye is enough to sell a movie, there&#8217;s no story here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to think of Robin Williams&#8217; delivery of lines being anything but a selling point, but this <em>was<\/em> early in his career, and Williams didn&#8217;t want to turn a director like Altman down for his first major film. He was also encouraged to take the role by his friend Christopher Reeve, who was fresh off his success starring in the film adaptation of &#8220;Superman.&#8221; <em>That<\/em> one had been a significant risk. It was a very expensive production for the time, with a budget of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190724083358\/http:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/91973\/Superman-The-Movie\/articles.html\">$55 million<\/a>, but it ended up with three Academy Award nominations and praise from audiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Williams ended up taking on &#8220;Popeye,&#8221; hoping that he would have similar success.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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