When Christopher Reeve was thrown from a horse in 1995 and paralyzed from the neck down, it shocked Hollywood and the world. Here was everyone’s favorite Superman, injured so badly that he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, breathing only with the help of a ventilator. By ‘95, Reeve’s star had faded, and the last role he played before the accident was that of a paraplegic man in an HBO movie called Above Suspicion. The role left Reeve with a strong impression, and in a way, foreshadowed what would happen.
