Dean Cain, who played the leading role on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 to 1997, hit out at the latest iteration of the character. In fact, he branded the new James Gunn-directed film, which releases on July 11, as "woke."

Cain didn’t see Gunn’s immigrant-friendly interpretation of Superman as a change in the essential character. As a Donald Trump supporter, the actor had to walk a tightrope that allowed for both praise of Superman’s essential goodness and the Republican program of mass deportation and punishment.