10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For DCEU Characters' Quirks

Of all the things people couldn't stop talking about when Man of Steel hit cinemas almost a decade (!) ago, it was Superman's (Henry Cavill) voluminous mound of chest hair. Yup.

Given that movie superheroes almost always have waxed or shaved chests, it was surprising to see a superhero - especially one of the most iconic of all time - touting a rug on his bod.

But as it turns out, this came from Henry Cavill himself, an unsurprisingly hairy-chested fellow who was asked to shave his chest for the film's oil rig sequence, yet refused, citing the fact that Superman was clearly shown to have a hairy chest in the famous Death of Superman comic.

In his own words, he said:

"It's something that I wanted because in the comic book 'The Death of Superman,' there's this bit where his costume's ripped, and he's making the ultimate sacrifice and he's got this hairy chest and I was like 'Okay, why is the perception that because he's muscly, he must have no body hair?' And I thought, 'Why can't we just do that, like in the comic books?' And so we did."

While certainly a surprising choice, it's tough to imagine many having genuine complaints about it.