I just showed that picture to her. She says he looks “wildly handsome” and not at all fat.
Liotta’s character got his brain singed when they tried to burn his body. He is killing Mexicans, but he is also disemboweling them, skinning them, and hanging them from trees. His only spoken lines so far have strange religious quotations.
Also, I don’t think they’ve done a bad job on Houston. He knew Santa Anna’s army was too big to fight. He waited until his supply lines were weak, and got him trapped. After the Alamo, that some of the men would call him a coward doesn’t surprise me. They show his character, and leadership skills so far.