Former Superman Dean Cain is facing backlash after shading Supergirl star Milly Alcock.
On Sunday, June 7, Cain, 59, reposted a photo of Alcock, 26, dressed as Supergirl with ear piercings.
“Wait … if Supergirl’s skin is bulletproof, how does she have ear piercings?” the user wrote, to which Cain replied with a thinking face emoji.
Cain went on to share a photo of Cha-Ka from the 1970s series Land of the Lost, writing,
“And why does she look like this guy?”
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Cain continued, “Dang it… I laughed.”
After sharing the initial posts, Cain faced criticism from several users in the comments section.
“Being an actor is a privilege, I enjoyed your superman role I grew up with it. I won’t criticise your acting but this isn’t it Dean. You were loved by hundreds of thousands around the world, shes a young kid getting into the business, show her the love they showed you,” one user wrote, to which Cain replied, “They called me Sushi Man.”
The user responded, “They were wrong then, maybe I was young and ignorant to the abuse they wrongly sent your way, I was enjoying your superman role too much, but she’s not them, be better than them, man. Bang out of order calling you that btw.”
When another user wrote, “Thing is, Millie Alcock isn’t ugly. They just put out terrible pictures of her. Movie is gonna suck though,” Cain replied, “I never said she was ugly –”
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The user went on to reply, “I know. But the studio keeps putting out unflattering angles. No she looks like the monster in some of them lol. Cry harder.”
Cain took on the role of Clark Kent in the series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran for four seasons from 1993 to 1997.
Supergirl, meanwhile, is set to hit theatres on June 26. The film is loosely based on Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s acclaimed DC comic book series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and follows Kal-El’s cousin, Kara Zor-El (Alcock).
In the movie, Alcock’s character is recruited by a young girl, Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), to avenge her father’s murder by villain Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts).
Alcock, for her part, has been candid about her feelings surrounding the upcoming movie.
“Of course I’m scared,” she told Vanity Fair in a March interview. “Of course I want people to like me and the movie. But ultimately, it’s out of my control.”
