{"id":14234,"date":"2024-09-14T09:09:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14234"},"modified":"2024-09-14T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:09:01","slug":"christopher-reeves-son-reveals-robin-williams-joke-that-made-him-laugh-for-the-first-time-after-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14234","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Reeve’s son reveals Robin Williams’ joke that made him laugh for the first time after paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Reeve couldn’t help but laugh at Robin Williams’ antics<\/h2>\n

Christopher Reeve\u2019s son has reflected on how Robin Williams played a character to get his father laughing after his accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christopher Reeve is remembered as the most iconic iteration of\u00a0DC Comics<\/a>‘ man of steel,\u00a0Superman<\/a>\u00a0– but the world was left stunned when they learnt of his accident.<\/p>\n

In 1995, an accident saw Reeve fall from his horse and resulted in the actor becoming paralyzed from the neck down. He would go on to die at the age of just 52 in 2004.<\/p>\n

Robin Williams<\/a>, who had cemented himself as one of the funniest men in\u00a0Hollywood<\/a>, was the first person to meet with Reeve after the accident.<\/p>\n

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The two actors were best friends according to Reeve’s son (Fotos International\/Frank Edwards\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Reeve\u2019s son, William, opened up about the special bond his dad and Williams had, noting that the pair were so close they used to refer to one another as \u2018brother\u2019.<\/p>\n

He chose to speak to the outlet ahead of the release of the documentary\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0on his late father\u2019s life,\u00a0Super\/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cRobin was dad\u2019s best friend, and you show up for your friends. Our dad and Robin had a singular bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a friendship that someone should make a movie about, but what shone through in that was just their love and respect for each other, and that never wavered.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one was better at showing up with love and with the right dose of humor than Robin Williams and his wife Marsha, who we call our fairy godmother. We are still so incredibly close with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Christopher Reeve was best known for his role as Superman (Keystone\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

As you can imagine, it can be difficult to keep spirits high after such a dramatic accident, but Williams was able to force Reeve’s first outburst of laughter since the accident, according to his son.<\/p>\n

Visiting in the hospital, Williams pretended to be a Russian proctologist. For those not versed in the terminology, a proctologist is a doctor that specializes in colon and rectal issues.<\/p>\n

Nothing says friendship like your best buddy walking in and insisting they need to take a look at your a*s.<\/p>\n

Reeve previously commented on the first time he met Williams in his 1998 memoir,\u00a0Still Me<\/em>, and revealed just outlandish the comedian and actor seemed.<\/p>\n

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William’s made Reeve laugh with one of his many impressions (Richard Corkery\/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cHe wore tie-dyed shirts with tracksuit bottoms and talked a mile a minute,\u201d Reeve wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like an untied balloon that had been inflated and immediately released. I watched in awe as he virtually caromed off the walls of the classrooms and hallways. To say that he was \u2018on\u2019 would be a major understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams tragically died from suicide in 2014 at the age of 63.<\/p>\n

Super\/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story\u00a0<\/em>has already premiered at the Sundance film festival and is set to be released in select theatres on September 21.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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