Dean Cain Hits a Homer
Dean Cain is trading in his red cape for a blue cap in CBS's new diamond-set drama, Clubhouse (debuting Sept. 26). The 38-year-old former Superman plays a local baseball star who befriends the team's impressionable batboy (played by Peter Pan's Jeremy Sumpter). But Cain, a former football pro, admits that playing an athlete isn't much of a stretch. "I don't have to do anything special but draw on my own experiences," he says. "I know these guys. I know the lifestyle."
TV Guide Online: Are you basing your character on anyone specific?Dean Cain: I'm taking a little bit from everybody — from people I knew in the NFL and NBA. But some of these guys' lives are just not that interesting. But there are situations that they can find themselves in that are interesting.
TVGO: Is the team on the show supposed to be the Yankees?Cain: The team is similar to the Yankees. But the field is set in Brooklyn, so it really isn't
Wed, Sep 8, 2004