From 1993 to 1997, Dean Cain brought Clark Kent to life on the TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, with Teri Hatcher co-starring as Lois. Cain hasn’t been directly involved in anything Superman-related since then outside of a brief stint on the Supergirl TV series, but he certainly isn’t shy about sharing his opinions about projects focused on the Man of Steel. Earlier this month, he took issue with filmmaker James Gunn’s immigrant comments tied to the critically and commercially successful Superman, and now he’s shared some criticisms he has about the 2025 movie. This is despite the fact that he hasn’t seen it yet.
In an interview with Variety, Cain mentioned that he’s “disheartened” by certain elements in Superman he learned about while speaking with the other panelists who appeared alongside him in a recent episode of Piers Morgan Live. The actor stated:
James Gunn and his decision to make Ma and Pa Kent the stupid rednecks. That’s a choice. And Superman has to be saved, like, repeatedly? On a movie this size, every decision is a choice made carefully. And [DC Studios co-head] Peter Safran is a Princeton guy, too, a year ahead of me, but he’s never hired me.
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