Movie Trivia # 001: Lois Lane's Dream Job

At London's Elstree Studios, prim Elaine Scheyreck faced quite a dilemma. As costumer, she spent plenty of time in the company of actors who were stripped down to their bare essentials--still, she was faced with something she preferred not to discuss. Just back from viewing the dailies of Superman, Ms. Scheyreck now had to tell the producers that the scene had to be re-shot because Christopher Reeve's "private parts" jumped from one side to the other in his tight-fitting costume.

Had the error not been caught and corrected, somewhere along the way audiences would have had a real laugh--probably at a most inappropriate time--when Reeve's goodies flew from one side to the other mid-scene.

From that day forward, one of Elaine Scheyreck's duties was to make sure that the handsome actor's pant bulge was in the right place every day--and since multiple costume changes were required because Reeve would get sweaty during complex flying scenes, it was finally decided to eliminate the problem completely by having a "swim cap" sewn into the Superman outfit.