{"id":1947282,"date":"2025-08-07T18:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1947282"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:31:40","slug":"what-dean-cain-said-about-trump-and-woke-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-dean-cain-said-about-trump-and-woke-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"What Dean Cain said about Trump and \u2018woke\u2019 Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/84530633007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Former Superman actor thinks the character has become too &#8216;woke&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Actor Dean Cain has criticized the direction Hollywood is taking Superman, calling recent portrayals too \u201cwoke\u201d in an interview with TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the latest Warner Bros. \u201cSuperman\u201d movie in theaters, the actor who once portrayed the \u201cMan of Steel\u201d in the \u201990s revealed he is now a U.S. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/06\/dean-cain-joins-ice-superman-lois-and-clark\/85547002007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/08\/06\/dean-cain-joins-ice-superman-lois-and-clark\/85547002007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Cain, who played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/08\/superman-2025-movie-review\/84443569007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the fictional hero<\/a> in the TV series \u201cLois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,\u201d revealed the news in a Tuesday, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealDeanCain\/status\/1952831589487919236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aug. 5 video<\/a> posted across his social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a sworn law enforcement officer, as well as being a filmmaker, and I felt it was important to join with our first responders to help secure the safety of all,\u201d Cain, 59, said. \u201cIf you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America\u2019s streets. I like that. I voted for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what he\u2019s previously said about President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" data-autotag=\"26f031d1-9924-4f10-b4e6-019d076113d5\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the latest portrayal of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/dean-cain-trump-woke-superman-sexually-harassed-1236473005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Superman<\/a>\u201d starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/08\/new-superman-movie-what-to-know\/84503321007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Corenswet<\/a>, the most recent \u2018Man of Steel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Opinion: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/voices\/2025\/08\/04\/james-gunn-superman-movie-box-office-woke\/85456537007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Superman and the American flag once stood for same things. MAGA changed that.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Latest \u2018woke\u2019 Superman<\/h2>\n<p>Cain, whose comments come amid <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/06\/15\/no-kings-protest-celebrities-trump\/84217916007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upped ICE scrutiny in recent months<\/a>, recently criticized the direction Hollywood has taken Superman, calling its latest portrayal \u201cwoke,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/07\/former-superman-actor-thinks-the-character-has-become-too-woke\/84530633007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> according to an interview with TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day the movie hit theaters, The White House released a photo of a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/07\/11\/trump-superman-movie-poster\/84606188007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/07\/11\/trump-superman-movie-poster\/84606188007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fake movie poster<\/a> depicting the president as Superman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love President Trump. I\u2019ve been friends with him forever,\u201d Variety reported Cain said. \u201cTrump is actually one of the most empathetic, wonderful, generous people you\u2019ll ever meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a June 10 interview on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1943422479030194340\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1943422479030194340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/a>,\u201d Cain called the new movie\u2019s recurring plot theme \u201cneeds saving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames Gunn and his decision to make Ma and Pa Kent the stupid rednecks. That\u2019s a choice,\u201d Cain told Morgan. \u201cSuperman has to be saved, like, repeatedly? Look, don\u2019t try and make it all woke and crazy. Keep that character as the way I like him as true justice and the American way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Cain and ICE for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: USA TODAY&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/staff\/7497004002\/edward-segarra\/\">Edward Segarra<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/staff\/2648209001\/brian-truitt\/\">Brian Truitt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Superman actor thinks the character has become too &#8216;woke&#8217; Actor Dean Cain has criticized the direction Hollywood is taking Superman, calling recent portrayals too \u201cwoke\u201d in an interview with TMZ. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment With the latest Warner Bros. \u201cSuperman\u201d movie in theaters, the actor who once portrayed the \u201cMan of Steel\u201d in the \u201990s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1947283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[309534,309538,309535,39915,28769,22220,315047,21751,239390,339626,305438,315049,339630,305457,22389,6297,322004,21741,308195,339634,21993,21835,310403,339629,339633,339627,304711,339632,339628,21739,298114,305035,239456,239462,48142,239457,211924,21738,30600,339636,239343,239453,66251,308182,339637,22048,305458,22606,329682,339631,64582,23152,31353,35643,27158,239345,24734,24638,26976,317186,239344,28904,25432,30360,316491,339635],"class_list":["post-1947282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-action","tag-action-u0026-adventure-films","tag-adventure","tag-affiliate","tag-and","tag-arts","tag-cain","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-customs","tag-dean","tag-dean-cain","tag-detention","tag-donald","tag-donald-trump","tag-eamotion","tag-enforcement","tag-entertainment","tag-federal","tag-federal-regulations","tag-films","tag-government","tag-house","tag-immigrant","tag-immigrant-detention","tag-immigrants","tag-immigration","tag-immigration-laws","tag-laws","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-mexico","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-network","tag-network-trending","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-now","tag-now-universal","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-point","tag-policy","tag-policy-and-regulation","tag-politics","tag-presidential","tag-regulation","tag-regulations","tag-residence","tag-states","tag-story","tag-superman","tag-the","tag-to","tag-to-the-point","tag-trending","tag-trump","tag-u-s","tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-u0026","tag-united","tag-united-states","tag-universal","tag-white","tag-white-house-presidential-residence"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/What-Dean-Cain-said-about-Trump-and-\u2018woke-Superman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}