It’s a bit of a joke in this house as DH is actually shorter than that, I know that 5'9” is a perfectly normal height. It’s just the woman who plays Lizzie is so willowy and tall she rather blunts the bulk of masculinity thing he has going on. 
I’m thinking mostly of the scene by the river where there was conveniently a delightfully clean bale of straw for her to sit on while they were overcome with their passions.