Shortly after Christopher Reeve’s 1995 horse-riding accident, Robin Williams — his very best friend in life — visited him in the hospital. Wearing surgical scrubs and speaking in a thick, comedic Russian accent, Williams barged into the room pretending to be a proctologist, stating that he was there “to perform an immediate rectal exam.” Reeve could only burst into laughter. He later admitted that it was the first time since his accident that he had been able to laugh again, and that Robin had saved his life by showing that he could still find joy. (When Christopher later died in 2004, Williams referred to Christopher as “his brother,” and stated that part of his heart was gone đ) And I know this isn’t a proof at all that Christopher Reeve was a nice guy in real life, although many a person would NOT have laughed in his situation. On the other hand, I couldn’t find any dirt on Reeve — which is rather exceptional if you think about it. So to answer your question once and for all:...
The little boy from the Titanic receives monthly payments, 25 years after filming:
The film Titanic contains many iconic scenes and others that have even become memes.
One of the most memorable is the tragic moment when the ship's musicians begin to play a piece while the people on board are filmed accepting the fact that they are going to die.
Between the farewells, the stories told to the children and the embraces, these scenes, although quite short, are among the most emblematic of the film.
One of these scenes features Reece Thompson – now a 30-year-old adult you wouldn't recognize. He plays one of the children being comforted by his mother as she reads him a story.
Thanks to this scene, Reece still receives royalties today.
In an interview with Business Insider, Mr. Thompson revealed how much money he is paid month after month for his small stake.
Reece currently works as a marketing director for a digital agency in Utah, USA, and has retired from acting. In the interview, he revealed that his mother took him to an audition and that he had two options: a commercial centered on him or a scene from a film they were unfamiliar with.
The mother, full of love for the little one, thought about the future and said that " it would be better to see Reece be part of a movie so we can see him together in the future ," no doubt she didn't know what had been planned or even which movie he would be in.
"My mother told me, 'Go for it. It'll be great. Even if the film is bad, we can still laugh about it,'" he recalled during the interview.
That's when he revealed what he had won.
His very first check was for $25,000, but that wasn't all. During the year of the film's release, and as Titanic's box office dwindled, Thompson received checks for several thousand dollars each quarter. However, over the years, that money has now dwindled to $100 a month.
"It's funny, because that fact isn't as present in my mind anymore. It's not like I'm constantly thinking, 'When's that new check coming in?' But when I do get one, I think, 'Great, another 100 dollars,'" he concluded.
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