Actor Dean Cain, greatest recognized for his function as Superman within the Nineteen Nineties TV collection “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” made uncommon headlines this week after the outspoken conservative announced he would be a part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The transfer got here because the Trump administration continues its national crackdown on unlawful immigration, together with ICE raids and mass deportations.
Cain, 59, is scheduled to be sworn in as an “honorary ICE officer” within the subsequent month, per the Division of Homeland Safety. However whereas the announcement was met with acclaim from supporters of the administration, elsewhere, it is garnered Cain a mess of criticism.
One such critic is Colombian-American actor John Leguizamo (Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”), who has been vocal about his condemnation of ICE raids and the U.S.’ detention facilities, took purpose at Cain, dubbing the actor a “loser.”
In an Instagram post on Friday, Leguizamo spoke on to Cain saying, “What sort of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer? What a moron. Your pronouns are has/been.”
The feedback of Leguizamo’s submit had been equally venomous in the direction of Cain, with fellow actor Frank Grillo (James Gunn’s “Superman”) replying: “by no means was “. hahahahha. 😂”
On Saturday, Leguizamo slammed Cain once more, this time in an Instagram story that includes a pretend DVD case bearing Cain’s likeness with the fake movie title “Aged Ice”. The repost was from a meme account who captioned the post with “Extra like ‘Dean wants a cane’ amiright?”
Elsewhere on the web, Cain hasn’t escaped the ire of on a regular basis individuals, both. A preferred social media joke circulating proper now could be some type of the next: “I am actually making an attempt to boycott Dean Cain however there’s simply… nothing to boycott.”