Cain Says Gunn Made ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Gonna Hurt’ the Box Office
Superman has always stood for ‘truth, justice and the American way,’ and the ‘American way’ is tremendously immigrant friendly,” Cain continued. “But there are rules. You can’t come in saying, ‘I want to get rid of all the rules in America, because I want it to be more like Somalia.’ Well that doesn’t work, because you had to leave Somalia to come here… There have to be limits, because we cant have everybody in the United States. We can’t have everybody, society will fail. So there have to be limits.”
When Gunn said that Superman is “an immigrant that came from other places and populated the country,” MAGA supporters and conservative pundits were quick to react by saying they would skip the movie. Fox News branded the film “SuperWoke” as network host Jesse Watters wisecracked: “You know what it says on his cape? MS-13.”
Cain told TMZ: “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. I was excited for the film. I am excited to see what it is… I’m rooting for it to be a success, but I don’t like that last political comment.”
Gunn’s brother, the actor Sean Gunn, who plays Maxwell Lord in the film, also weighed in: “My reaction to [the backlash] is that it is exactly what the movie is about. We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant, and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants and if you don’t like that, you’re not American. People who say no to immigrants are against the American way.”
Superman opens in theaters July 11 from Warner Bros
