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Margot Robbie and 10 superhero actors you didn’t know were soap stars

By Michael Patterson

MARGOT ROBBIE as Harley Quinn in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN),” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ & © DC Comic
MARGOT ROBBIE as Harley Quinn in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN),” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ & © DC Comic /
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2. Christopher Reeve

The late, great Christopher Reeve’s contributions to superhero genre are, like the actor, nothing short of incomparable. Taking on the role of Clark Kent/Superman in Richard Donner’s game-changing 1978 Superman, he set the bar impossibly high for both subsequent comic book-inspired films and any actor that had to play the Man of Steel after him. He would reprise the role in Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.

Like his Superman successor Brandon Routh, Reeve was an actor that was recognized for his gentle-natured, good-hearted and heroic performances. Ironically, also like Routh, his first significant TV role came in the form of a more antagonistic soap opera character.

Following his graduation from Julliard, Reeve landed a significant role on Broadway in the play A Matter of Gravity, appearing as Katharine Hepburn’s grandson. During that time, he also made his TV debut, appearing as Ben Harper in CBS’ long-running soap opera Love of Life.

With a lot of villainous tendencies, Ben was a vile character who was married to two women at the same time. Naturally, this ended with him serving a prison sentence for bigamy – a storyline which saw Reeve depart the show after two years.

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