Dean Cain, who performed Superman from 1993 to 1997 on ABC’s “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” just lately informed TMZ (by way of Leisure Weekly) that he’s cautious about Hollywood making the Man of Metal “woke” in James Gunn‘s upcoming “Superman,” the place David Corenswet takes over the title position. The film has confronted conservative backlash ever since Gunn informed The Occasions of London that Superman is an “immigrant” and “the story of America.”

“How woke is Hollywood going to make this character?” Cain mentioned. “How a lot is Disney going to vary their Snow White? Why are they going to vary these characters [to] exist for the occasions? For Superman, it was ‘fact, justice, and the American method.’ Nicely, they dropped that… They got here up with ‘fact, justice, and a greater tomorrow.’ Altering beloved characters I don’t suppose is a superb thought. If you wish to create a brand new character go forward and try this.”

“Superman has all the time stood for ‘fact, justice and the American method,’ and the ‘American method’ is immigrant pleasant, tremendously immigrant pleasant,” Cain continued. “However there are guidelines. You may’t are available saying, ‘I need to eliminate all the foundations in America, as a result of I would like it to be extra like Somalia.’ Nicely that doesn’t work, since you needed to depart Somalia to come back right here… There should be limits, as a result of we cant have everyone in the USA. We will’t have everyone, society will fail. So there should be limits.”

When Gunn mentioned that Superman is “an immigrant that got here from different locations and populated the nation,” MAGA supporters and conservative pundits had been fast to react by saying they’d skip the film. Fox Information branded the movie “SuperWoke” as community host Jesse Watters wisecracked: “ what it says on his cape? MS-13.”

“We don’t go to the movie show to be lectured to and to have someone throw their ideology onto us,” Kellyanne Conway added in regards to the film.

Cain informed TMZ: “I feel bringing Superman into it… I feel that was a mistake by James Gunn to say it’s an immigrant factor, and I feel it’s going to harm the numbers on the film. I used to be excited for the movie. I’m excited to see what it’s… I’m rooting for it to be a hit, however I don’t like that final political remark.”

Gunn was unbothered by the conservative backlash when speaking to Selection on the “Superman” premiere in Los Angeles, saying he doesn’t have “something to say to anyone” spreading negativity round “Superman” and including: “I feel this can be a film about kindness and I feel that’s one thing everybody can relate to.”

Gunn’s brother, the actor Sean Gunn, who performs Maxwell Lord within the movie, additionally weighed in: “My response to [the backlash] is that it’s precisely what the film is about. We assist our folks, you recognize? We love our immigrants. Sure, Superman is an immigrant, and sure, the folks that we assist on this nation are immigrants and for those who don’t like that, you’re not American. Individuals who say no to immigrants are towards the American method.”

“Superman” opens in theaters July 11 from Warner Bros.