Quote Originally Posted by DochaDocha View Post
Hah, all this made me think of the old Kevin Sorbo Hercules, and how one of the running jokes was when Hercules showed up, someone would look at him incredulously and ask, "You're Hercules?" And dude was 6'3" and probably 220 easily.

Maybe that should be the joke with Hoechlin. Everyone looks at him and is disappointed that he doesn't match their idea of what Superman should look like.
Yeah that was a running joke. Sorbo and the producers agreed that, during the twentieth century, because of movies, Hercules had become unhealthily associated with steroids and they wanted to move the character away from that and into a fit look but one that didn't scream steroids. Of course, the result was the running joke, "You're Hercules? I thought you were bigger."

And, yes, Hoechlin could benefit from the same sort of running joke.