Will Reeve has no desire to be a future Superman on screen (exclusive)

Will Reeve is proud to honor his late father's legacy. Superman Star Christopher Reeve, but he has no problem letting someone else wear the superhero cape.

“I don't know. I like my job as a correspondent at ABC News,” Will, 32, told PEOPLE at the new documentary's premiere on Sept. 18 in New York City. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storyin which Will and his siblings Matthew (44) and Alexandra (40) share memories of their late father. “I think maybe I like performing, but I don't know if I'm good at acting.”

David Corenswet will be the third actor after Christopher Reeve to play Superman on screen, following Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill in the upcoming Superman (in theaters in July 2025). Will says he is happy with the latest casting: “I think they found a good man in David.”

Will, who has been working with ABC since 2018, will appear in the upcoming Supermanbut he and his siblings get much more screen time in the new documentary, which tells the story of their father and star of the 1978 film Supermantells of his early days in New York City with his best friend Robin Williams, up to his horse riding accident in 1995, which left him paralyzed from the neck down, and its aftermath. He died of heart failure in 2004 at the age of 52.

The documentary also describes the relationship between Will's parents before and after the accident. Christopher and Dana Reeve married in 1992 and three years later she was his tireless primary caregiver.

“My mother was perhaps the most extraordinary person who ever walked this earth,” Will recently told PEOPLE, adding, “She didn't have to wake up every day and decide to take care of our family. That's just the way she was.”

Tragically, Dana died of lung cancer in 2006 at the age of 44, just 17 months after losing her husband. In the documentary, Will, who was only 13 at the time, says: “It was then that I realised I was completely alone.”

He also recently spoke to PEOPLE about how his life changed after losing both parents. “I moved in with our beloved neighbors, who were our best friends,” he said. “And that was such an unlikely, incredible experience for almost 20 years.”

His older siblings also supported him. “Matthew and Al were always in my life, not just in the difficult times, and they were a source of strength, support, joy and love for me,” he said.

“I mean, everyone did it,” he adds. “I think it was a situation where everyone had to pitch in. My maternal grandparents, Charles and Helen Morini, were incredibly indispensable. And we were lucky to live in a close-knit community. We had big groups of friends and teachers and coaches and people from the past and present who always helped out where they could.”

“As they say, it takes a village. And the village has responded to our situation so comprehensively and effectively.”

Super Man/The Story of Christopher Reeve will be in select theaters on September 21, with special encore screenings on September 25, what would have been Reeves' 72nd birthday.