Cain played the Man of Steel for four years on the ABC adventure comedy series &34;Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.&34; Lois & Clark star Dean Cain

Cain played the Man of Steel for four years on the ABC adventure comedy series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

Lois & Clark star Dean Cain enjoyed being objectified as Superman: 'It's a wonderful compliment'

Cain played the Man of Steel for four years on the ABC adventure comedy series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

By Ryan Coleman

Published on August 1, 2025 09:00AM EDT

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Dean Cain with Teri Hatcher on 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'. Credit: Bob D'Amico/Getty Images

Superman's skin-tight super-suit for *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman *might have bothered other actors, but star Dean Cain says he loved the attention it brought him.

Reminiscing on the years he was treated like not much more than an expensive piece of meat, Cain recently remarked to *Variety*, "Any guy who tells you he feels bad being objectified, I mean, really? Come on... It's a wonderful compliment."

Cain described his four seasons seasons shooting the ABC action-adventure series as one part pain, and the other, pleasure. "Teri Hatcher and I were making out all the time in beds, half clothes on, half off," he said of his costar, who played Lois Lane, the coworker/love interest to his Clark Kent/Superman. But on the other end of the spectrum, things weren't so nice.**

Dean Cain in Los Angeles.

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"It came down to myself and Kevin Sorbo for Superman," he said. "I had to come back to audition with 10 different Lois Lanes. I remember faces. I was in fight-or-flight mode. I was trying to survive." Once he got the job, new challenges presented themselves.

First there was that super-suit - "I remember it being 110 in Burbank. In the Superman suit, you can't sweat. If you sweat, it balls up. So I didn't I'm a Japanese dude. I don't sweat that much. I'm not hairy at all. They didn't have to shave my chest or anything. But still..."

Then there were all the stunts required for the flying scenes. Due to the rigid wires used to suspend Cain and Hatcher, the actor recalled, "There's no blood flow going to your legs. After hanging for hours, I would have to get a massage just to keep the blood moving from quadrant to quadrant. Teri would cry. She'd be in tears every single time we had to fly because it *hurt*."

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Cain was cast in *Lois & Clark *in 1993, not long after he'd signed a freelance contract to play football with the Buffalo Bills straight out of college. After small parts on series like *A Different World *and *Beverly Hills, 90210*, Cain landed the role of a lifetime, one he said "changed my life insanely."

*Lois & Clark *was a hit, establishing him as a major Hollywood star, though he's always found ways to make his way back to the *Superman *franchise. Cain landed a guest role on *Superman *origin series *Smallville*'s seventh season as Dr. Curtis Knox, and appeared on several episodes of *Supergirl*'s first and second seasons* *as the titular heroine's foster father.****

Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher for 'Lois & Clark'.

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Cain isn't entirely pleased with the direction the franchise has taken since his time in the role, however. He's been a vocal critic of James Gunn's new vision of the last son of Krypton, *Superman*, specifically for being too "woke."

"How woke is Hollywood going to make this character?" he asked earlier this month. "How much is Disney going to change their Snow White? Why are they going to change these characters [to] exist for the times?"

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