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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Child

Sorry, Dean Cain – of course Superman is woke, he fights injustice

Fighting the good fight … David Corenswet in Superman.
Fighting the good fight … David Corenswet in Superman. Photograph: Jessica Miglio/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Dean Cain, you may have read, is very upset with the new Superman. The erstwhile Man of Steel, who played the last son of Krypton on TV in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 to 1997, thinks James Gunn has gone too far with his description of Kal-El as an “immigrant that came from other places and populated the country” in the new DC film.

Speaking to TMZ, Cain pondered: “How woke is Hollywood going to make this character? How much is Disney going to change their Snow White? Why are they going to change these characters [to] exist for the times?”

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