Body hair fans were waiting with interest to see whether the nicely hirsute Henry Cavill would be forced to denude his chest in order to play the Man Of Steel. In the end he didn’t have to, despite a history of Hollywood getting the razors out for superheroes (just look at Chris Evans in Captain America).
Cavill’s now talked about that briefly, and whether there was talk of forcing him to get rid of the fuzz. In the end he says it’s something that was important to him, so perhaps he’s got a bit of a body hair fetish too. Take a look at the clip above and a pic of the hairy Henry as Superman below. Oh, and you can watch Cavill working out shirtless for the role here.
Hollywood’s desire for hairless chests isn’t new either, as there’s the infamous story of Jeffrey Hunter when he was playing Jesus in King Of Kings in 1961. It’s said the entire crucifixion scene had to be reshot after test audiences objected to the idea of seeing a hairy-chested Messiah.
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