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The son threatening to shoot his dad...


Remember that intense scene where the son threatens to shoot David?

So apparently, the scene was inspired by the real-life story of George Reeves, the actor who played Superman in the 1950's. A kid wanted to test Reeves' "invulnerability" with a real gun, but he used a bluff to keep him from doing it by saying the bullet might bounce off him and hit someone else.

I don't know how it went down in real life or how Reeves reacted when he saw the gun, but it must have been scary as hell.

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Dang. Quick thinking on Reeves's part

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Yep, here's Ben Affleck (between Daredevil and Batman) playing out that very scene in "Hollywoodland"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o81SnUU0G10

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