Dean Cain, the former star of “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, regrets the most recent version of the steel man, one that compares his story with the experience of immigrants in the United States.
In a recent conversation with TMZ, Cain, who played Clark Kent/Superman in the successful television series of the 1990s, asked: “How does Wake Hollywood do this character?”
The 58 -year -old actor criticized filmmaker James Gunn and his iteration of the Kryptonian icon after the director declared in an interview with the London Times that “Superman is the history of the United States.” In the interview, Gunn described his hero as “an immigrant who came from other places and populated the country,” and added that his film, starring David Korenswet in the main role, is “mainly a story that says that the basic human goodness is a value and is something we have lost.”
Gunn, who has been an open critic of President Trump, made his comments when the Trump administration carries out his aggressive repression against immigrant communities in California. Since the raids in Los Angeles began on June 6, federal immigration agents have arrested almost 2,700 undocumented people, according to data published on Tuesday by the United States National Security Department.
Cain clearly was not a fan of Gunn's comments. Cain, who has not yet seen the film, criticized the idea of “changing the beloved characters” and suggested creating new original characters. When “Lois & Clark” starred, Cain was the fourth actor to portray Superman on the screen, completing Kirk Alyn's red boots, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. He affirmed that the superhero “has always defended the American truth, justice and form.
“The American way is friendly with immigrants, tremendously friendly with immigrants, but there are rules,” he added, before apart from people who come to the United States to seek the opportunity. Speaking more widely about immigration, Cain said he believes to enforce the limits of immigration, otherwise “our society will fail.”
Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain starred in the television series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” from 1993 to 1997.
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In another clip of his conversation with TMZ, Cain asks why immigration agents and federal agencies, including the application of immigration and customs and customs and border protection, “are being villainized to enforce the laws that our legislators, our elected representatives created.” Videos shared on social networks have documented numerous incidents of masked immigration agents stopping civilians and confront other people trying to interfere in arrests.
Cain said he believes that “it was a mistake of James Gunn to say, you know, it is something immigrant,” he added that he believes that the film will suffer at the box office as a result. Cain said he is anxious for Gunn's version about the comic hero and is supporting his success, but finally he maintains: “I do not like that last political comment,” referring to the description of the Marvel student of Superman.
Gunn's “Superman” is now in theaters and is also starring Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hault, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion and Isabela Merced. In his review, Times's film criticism, Amy Nicholson, writes: “This is not the” superman “who wanted the heart he wanted. But these adventures know enough to explore where the saga takes it below.”
In the middle of the last “Superman” speech, the White House on Thursday shared a photo on the social networks of Trump's face superimposed on Superman's body in the movie of the film. In response to the strange digital alteration, the press office of the governor of California Gavin Newsom responded with a family point.
“Superman was an undocumented immigrant,” said the tweet.
