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Christopher Reeve wasn't impressed by Oscar-winning legend Marlon Brando on the set of 1978's Superman: 'The man didn't care'

Christopher Reeve calmly and succinctly shared with David Letterman why Marlon Brando was not impressive to work with on 'Superman': 'The man didn't care.'

The Juilliard-trained actor had appeared on the CBS soap opera Love of Life and in several plays and musicals (including the Broadway production of A Matter of Gravity opposite Katharine Hepburn), but to most, he was a new (and almost impossibly handsome) face when he flew across the screen in Richard Donner's superhero flick. Hence, impressive, well-regarded players were sprinkled throughout the company, like Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, and, the biggest casting coup of all, Brando. The extremely clever and knotty movie, in which Reeve starred opposite Michael Caine and Dyan Cannon, was a substantial departure for him — allowing him the opportunity to tell the world, "Look, I love being Superman, but I'm more than just a man in tights."

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