HOLLYWOOD, CA — Will Reeve is not making plans to wear the Superman cape like his famous dad. The son of the late Christopher Reeve recently opened up about pursuing an acting career.
“I don’t know,” Will shared exclusively with PEOPLE. “I like my job as [a] correspondent at ABC News,” he continued. “I think I like, maybe, performing, but I don’t know if I’m any good at acting.”
Will and his siblings appear in the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which sheds light on the life of Christopher Reeve before and after his life-changing accident. Christopher was famous for his role as Superman during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1995, he suffered severe injuries that left him paralyzed from the neck down after a horseback riding accident. Christopher died in 2004 of heart failure.
Dana Reeve, Christopher’s wife, passed away two years later due to lung cancer. She did not have a smoking habit.
“My mom was maybe the most special person ever to grace this earth,” Will shared with the press. “She didn’t have to wake up every day and decide to take care of our family. It’s who she was.”
Will was 13 years old when his mom passed away. He heavily relied on family and friends to guide him after losing both of his parents at such a young age.
“I think it was an all-hands-on-deck situation,” the ABC News correspondent told PEOPLE. “My maternal grandparents, Charles and Helen Morini, were unbelievably indispensable,” he added. “And we were fortunate enough to live in a tight-knit community. We had big groups of friends and teachers and coaches and people from the past and people from the present just chipping in however they could always,” Will shared.
“It’s like they say, it takes a village. And the village responded to our situation in such a substantial and impactful way.”
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is in theaters now.