I'm a straight dude, but even I noticed that Reeve looks five times better in this one than even the first one. I don't know how, but...
When Mariel (who looks better NOW than Margot looked in the first film) is flirting with him in this film and Margot constantly interrupts with the old lady smoker's voice, "he doesn't want you, honey" it makes for the best comedy in the film.
I was surprised Reeve was only 34 when he made Superman 4 while Margot was pushing 40.
shareI'm guessing it's because Margot Kidder smoked like Lois Lane in real life. Also, we have to take for account her personal issues leading up to her infamous mental breakdown around 1996.
Same here. I also think christopher reeve looked his best as superman in this movie...maybe not muscular wise but just based on his face.
shareReeve lost his baby fat by this film, he looks a bit different compared to how he looked in Superman 1-3.
Also Imo I thought Kidder looked better here than she did in Superman 3.
https://dejareviewer.com/2017/01/10/carrie-fisher-vs-margot-kidder/
May the Fourth Be with Youthshare
Margot Kidder looks much worse for the wear in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.There’s no shame in getting old. No one stays young and beautiful forever, and actors and actresses live and die by their looks. That’s a big component of how they get roles. So saying that it was a bit of a shock seeing Kidder and Fisher in their most iconic roles the fourth time isn’t meant to disparage them. They both looked noticeably older and weary. Kidder returned in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace just four years after her previous appearance in Superman III. But she looked considerably worse for the wear. She lacks the old spunk of the Lois we knew and loved in the first two films, and she just looked tired and old.
Leia is back, older and wiser, in Star Wars The Force Awakens.Fisher certainly had a better excuse for the change in her looks between films. It had been 32 years since her last appearance as Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi when she showed up once more in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She has a matronly quality, but there’s no disguising she doesn’t have the same chemistry she once had with costar Harrison Ford. She looks sad and vulnerable in most of her scenes.