Former Superman Dean Cain believes the hero has always been 'tremendously immigrant friendly,' but worries that James Gunn intends to push the character in too 'woke' of a direction.

I think that was a mistake by James Gunn to say it’s an immigrant thing, and I think it's going to hurt the numbers on the movie,” the actor said in a new interview

In an interview with TMZ, Cain expressed concern that the upcoming movie had lost the values he associated with the character, particularly “truth, justice, and the American way.” This is only one of the many versions of the superhero’s slogan, which has not always included “the American way.”

Cain, who played the Man of Steel on TV in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 to 1997, addressed Fox News host Jesse Watters ' recent joke about the superhero character, now played by David Corenswet, having "MS-13" displayed on his cape.

Superman has long stood for truth, justice, and the so-called “American way”, but in today’s increasingly polarised world, those ideals are more contested than ever. The latest Superman film, released this week,