00:00So I don't think it's bold or brave or some crazy new direction.
00:03If they had done this 20 years ago, perhaps that would have been bold and brave.
00:07Former Superman actor Dean Cain is criticizing DC Comics' decision to have the current Superman come out as bisexual.
00:13During an interview with Fox and Friends on Fox News Tuesday, the 55-year-old actor said this.
00:18They said it's bold and bold new direction.
00:21I say they're bandwagoning.
00:23You know, a Robin of Batman and Robin, as you mentioned, just came out as bi or gay recently.
00:27And honestly, who's really shocked about that one?
00:30The actor who played Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superman, on Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman for four seasons starting in 1993, went on to say this.
00:38The new Captain America is gay.
00:40My daughter in Supergirl, where I played the father, she was gay.
00:43Cain said he didn't think making the new Superman bisexual was brave of DC Comics.
00:48He continued, Brave would be having him fight for the rights of gay people in Iran.
00:51They're talking about him fighting real-world problems like climate change, the deportation of refugees,
00:56and he'll be dating a hacktivist, whatever a hacktivist is.
01:00I don't know.
01:01Cain went on to say this.
01:03Why don't they have him fight the injustices that created the refugees whose deportation he's protesting?
01:08That would be brave.
01:09I'd read that.
01:10Another topic the actor said he'd like to see Superman tackle is the rights of women to attend school and have the ability to work under the Taliban.
01:16There's real evil in this world today, real corruption and government overreach, plenty of things to fight against, human trafficking, real actual slavery going on.
01:26Cain ended by saying he doesn't think he'll be reading the new comic.
01:29DC Comics' current Superman is 17-year-old John Kent, the son of Clark Kent.
01:33Concerning John Kent coming out as bisexual, writer Tom Taylor told the New York Times,
01:37I've always said everyone needs heroes and everyone deserves to see themselves in their heroes.
01:42And I'm very grateful DC and Warner Brothers share this idea.
01:46Today, more people can see themselves in the most powerful superhero in comics.
01:50For more on this story, go to THR.com.
01:52For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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