

“I think that the size thing is important to certain parts of the narrative,” he said. AP Paramount PicturesĬhild added that he understood what viewers wanted however, he is a fan of Cruise’s work. What do they need? They need just great entertainment, they don’t have the reference already and so we also had to satisfy them.” Alan Ritchson is taking over the role of Jack Reacher from Tom Cruise for the new Amazon Prime Video series “Reacher” and previously discussed with The Post how his physical appearance was important for the role of Jack Reacher. “But we’re also focusing on the non-book readers. “It just became a different proposition and I guess the opportunity of thinking ‘Alright, we can get a much bigger guy so the book fans are going to be happy,’” the writer continued.


“There was criticism from the book fans because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like,” Child said. The 67-year-old author of the “Jack Reacher” series has made his feelings known about the recasting of the main character in the new Amazon Prime Video series based on his books.Ĭhild is happy that the TV show chose a different actor to play Reacher after Tom Cruise played him in two films.įans were concerned over Cruise’s height, as Reacher is described in one book as “extremely tall, extremely broad, long-armed and long-legged,” with “hands the size of dinner plates.”Īlan Ritchson - who is 6-foot-2 - stars in the new series as the titular character, while Cruise, 59, stands at 5-foot-7.Ĭhild is an executive producer on the project and spoke to Metro about his thoughts on the recasting. Tony Awards declining just like Broadway originalsįor Lee Child, the new “Jack Reacher” actor is, well, less of a reach. Why the ‘Top Gun’ sequel intentionally left out Kelly McGillis, Meg Ryan
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