{"id":254984,"date":"2025-07-11T01:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254984\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T01:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:53:10","slug":"former-superman-actor-thinks-james-gunn-movie-is-too-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254984\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Superman Actor Thinks James Gunn Movie Is Too ‘Woke’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Cain<\/strong>, who played Clark Kent on the TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, fears James Gunn\u2019s<\/a> Superman<\/a> <\/strong>is too \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

What did Dean Cain say about James Gunn\u2019s Superman?<\/p>\n

While speaking with TMZ<\/a>, Cain expressed his concern over Gunn\u2019s comments to The Sunday Times<\/a>\u00a0about Superman being an immigrant story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, Superman is the story of America,\u201d Gunn said. \u201cAn immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunn later explained how the film is about \u201cpolitics and morality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunn\u2019s comments have sparked backlash among conservatives. Although Cain acknowledges Superman\u2019s status as an immigrant, the actor worries that Gunn has leaned into politics so much so that the character\u2019s messaging has changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow woke is Hollywood going to make this character?\u201d Cain asked. \u201cHow much is Disney going to change their Snow White<\/a>? Why are they going to change these characters to exist for the times? For Superman, it was \u2018truth, justice, and the American way.\u2019 Well, they dropped that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunn\u2019s Superman has altered the phrase to \u201ctruth, justice, and the human way.\u201d Cain disagrees with this change.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think is a great idea. I think if you want to create a new character, go ahead and do that. But for me, Superman has always stood for \u2018truth, justice, and the American way\u2019 \u2014 and the American way is\u00a0tremendously\u00a0immigrant friendly. But there are rules,\u201d Cain explained. \u201cYou can\u2019t come in saying, \u2018I want to get rid of all the rules in America because I wanted to be more like Somalia.\u2019 Well, that doesn\u2019t work, because you had to leave Somalia to come here \u2014 so it doesn\u2019t make any sense. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are coming for economic opportunity, let\u2019s take a look at your government and why you don\u2019t have that economic opportunity . . .And there have to be limits, because we can\u2019t have everybody here in the United States . . . our society will fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Cain feels that leaning into the immigrant themes will negatively affect its box office return. Superman is currently projected for a domestic opening between $120 million and $130 million. That would be the third-largest opening at the domestic box office this year, behind A Minecraft Movie ($162 million) and Lilo & Stitch ($146 million). <\/p>\n

Superman soars into theaters on July 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Cain, who played Clark Kent on the TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[32017,98014,77,19919,16280,3943,4169,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-254984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dc","9":"tag-dean-cain","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-gunn","12":"tag-movie-news","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-superman","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114832107746848569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}