When an audience watches a male superhero, they have certain expectations for how they'll appear. And unless they're a lithe acrobat like Spider-Man or in a suit of armor like Iron Man, they want muscle. Just look at the monstrously jacked bodies of Chris Hemsworth in Thor, Christian Bale in Batman Begins, Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine, Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger, and Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.