Inside Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve’s Awe-Inspiring Love Story

“Of course it sparks a range of emotions, from joyful memories to grief and immense sadness,” Matthew Reeve, whose dad’s framed “S” from his Superman costume now hangs in his own son’s room, told E! News. And to hear his sister and half-brother, for the first time, “tell certain parts of the story from their perspective, challenging is not the right word.”

Will, who was 13 when his mom died, understood the sentiment. “We’re so protective over each other, we’re so close with each other, we love each other so much,” he said, “that there were hard parts there, to see how this shared experience affected each of them in their own ways.”

He added, “Seeing my mom and dad in all their glory brings me back to a happy place, but one that’s tinged with sadness, of course. And I give space and hold weight equally for those things, because that’s part of the human experience.”

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story opens in select theaters Sept. 21, followed by an encore presentation Sept. 25, what would have been the actor’s 72nd birthday.