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Alan Ritchson is the latest actor to don the role of Jack Reacher after Tom Cruise’s rendition of Reacher wasn’t able to entertain the audience. In the case of Ritchson, however, the world surely loves him as the new Jack Reacher but the role wasn’t without difficulties.
Stating that the team behind the Prime Video series,Reacher,wanted an as authentic Reacher as possible. Not willing to compromise on most of the things, Alan Ritchson revealed that he almost lost the role of Jack Reacher because of his height!
Alan Ritchson Was Almost Rejected Because of His Height!
Although the actor is already 6’3 in height, Alan Ritchson had some difficulties in trying to convince the producers to let him portray the role of Jack Reacher. Stating that the team behindReacherwanted a 100% faithful adaptation of the novels, Ritchson was shorter than what the books described Jack Reacher to be.
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After many difficulties, however, Ritchson was able to convince the team and he portrayed the role of Jack Reacher in the series. During his appearance onInside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, the actor revealed how he fought really hard to portray the role of Jack Reacher.
“You know, I fought really hard for Reacher. It took months and months and months to convince everybody that I was the guy. You know, I was passed on the first time. I think I mentioned to you that I was passed on in the very beginning of the process, like everybody was, and I think that was because I’m 6’3. Reacher’s 6’5.”
He further continued,
“I think they’re trying to, you know, everybody’s trying to get a super authentic version of Reacher on screen. And so, there’s always kind of an asterisk in my mind, you know, when it comes to this role. But I had to really fight for that. And now that we’re in it, it’s exploded.”
Although Ritchson is deemed as the better Jack Reacher, the actor revealed that the fame that he has been getting from all over the world is because it was Tom Cruise who first attempted the role!
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Tom Cruise Made The People Aware of Jack Reacher
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Back in 2012, Tom Cruise starred in the role of Jack Reacher in the movie of the same name. The actor further starred in a sequel in 2016 titledJack Reacher: Never Go Backbut the movie received average success. With the fame thatAlan Ritchsongot fromReacher,the actor revealed inJonatan Blomberg‘s interview that it was Tom Cruise who deserved the initial credit.
“Never. Being compared to the most legendary actor of all time? The last film star? I would never tire of being compared to somebody of his stature.”
“There’s some great IP, the books are great, a lot of people have read them and enjoy the show because of them, but I think a lot of people enjoy the show because he made them aware of it.”
It seems that the team finally opting to choose Alan Ritchson as the star turned out to be a good thing.Reachercurrently stands at a rating of 8.1/10 on IMDB and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes with two seasons to its name. The action series is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
