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It is during their relationship that Reeves is offered the title role on Adventures of Superman. Initially he is hesitant to take the part because he considers it childish. When he does sign on, the show is still without a sponsor. But it is eventually picked up - by Kellogg’s - and Reeves is blown away by how successful the show is. The role makes him a celebrity with the show’s young audience and gives him a steady income, but it is not the serious work that he craves. Even though the show was not the creative project he was longing for, he did have fun with the cast members and crew. Reeves was known as a jokester on the set and often pulled pranks during shooting.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before Reeves grew tired of the role and wished to quit the show. It was during this time that he began to resent Toni and his role as her arm candy. Reeves believed that Toni could have at any time talked to her husband to help his career but didn’t. He thought that Toni liked him where he was despite his own aspirations.

Eventually, Reeves does get what he wants when Adventures of Superman is cancelled. He sees this as a blessing and an opportunity to pursue other interests like starting his own production company. He also hopes to one day direct his own projects. Of course this would require some financing and he heads to New York to inquire about some prospects. While in New York Reeves meets a young woman named Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney). The two of them have a fling that very quickly turns serious. Because of this, Reeves ends his relationship with Toni. Not surprisingly, she is heartbroken about this and her husband is enraged to see his wife hurt. But it doesn’t take long for Leonore to realize that Reeves is not as well off financially as she thought.

It is here that we see the theories on how Reeves' death occurred. Although the movie does not attempt to answer the mystery, it imagines how each scenario may have played out. One belief is that Toni’s husband had Reeves killed for hurting his wife. As mentioned before, they had an open relationship, but Eddie did love her and wanted to see her happy. Because of this - as the theory goes - when George broke Toni’s heart, Eddie had him killed during a small gathering at George’s house.

The second theory is that George was accidentally killed by Leonore in an argument at the same house party. When Leonore met Reeves she assumed that he had a lot of money and was quickly disappointed to find out that wasn’t the case. In this scenario, she is angered by George’s dour mood during the party. When he goes upstairs she follows him and as the two begin to argue, Reeves mentions that he wants to call off their engagement. She pulls out a gun that George owned - a gift from Toni - and when he tries to take the gun from him it accidentally goes off, killing George.

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