Conversation so far:
When did Christopher Reeve go to cornell?
After graduating from Princeton Day School in June 1970.
What did he study?
Reeve joined the theater department in Cornell.
Was he successful?
played Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Segismundo in Life Is a Dream, Hamlet in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Polixenes in The Winter's Tale.
Were his professors impressed?
Late in his freshman year, Reeve received a letter from Stark Hesseltine, a high-powered agent who had discovered Robert Redford.
What did the letter say?
Hesseltine had seen Reeve in A Month in the Country and wanted to represent him.
Did Reeve drop out of Cornell?
The two met and decided that instead of dropping out of school, Reeve could come to New York once a month to meet casting agents.

Question: What was the first thing he was cast in?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the first thing Reeve was cast in?