Dean Cain is revisiting one of the most iconic parts of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and saying the “flying” wasn’t nearly as glamorous as it looked on TV.
In remarks reported this week, Cain said the show’s wire-assisted flight scenes were physically brutal, with rigid harnesses that could cut off circulation during long takes. He recalled that after hanging for hours, he sometimes needed a massage just to get blood flowing normally again.
Cain added that the discomfort hit his co-star Teri Hatcher especially hard. According to Cain, Hatcher would cry during essentially every flying setup because, as he put it, “it hurt.”
The comments add another behind-the-scenes detail to a show that ran from 1993 to 1997 and leaned heavily on romantic, comedic “Superman swoops in” sequences—meaning the cast repeated the same demanding stunt rig work again and again.
Cain has also spoken more broadly in recent months about what it was like working with Hatcher over multiple seasons. On the “Inside of You” podcast, he described their dynamic as a mix of great chemistry and occasional friction stemming from different work styles, while still praising her performance and crediting her with helping make the series work.
