I used to love the old Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child and couldn't wait for the movies coming out. Unfortunately, (and despite doing his damnedest) little Tom Cruise couldn't quite pull the character off, just didn't have the massive physical presence that was mentioned so much in the books.
Lee Child now admits it;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...acher.html
So they are re-casting the character for new movies or maybe Netflix.
I've scratched my head and can't think of anyone who quite meets the required criteria. They need to be super-massive (but not be a bodybuilder! Reacher didn't lift! He was just a naturally big mofo, was mentioned loads of times in the books). He needs to be handsome but 'beat up', can't be a pretty-boy! He needs to be convincing as a Sherlock Holmes autistic super-sleuth (but also be charming and a hit with the ladies !). It's a tall order in more ways than one!
Maybe yesteryear, Robert Shaw or Rutger Hauer? but even these aren't quite up to scratch.
I don't want The Rock, or that Aquaman actor, or Hemsworth (although maybe Hemsworth could pull it off looking a bit older? But doesn't project the necessary cerebral qualities?). In the books, he's white, blonde, blue-eyed, 6ft 5, and 250lbs ....
Lee Child now admits it;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...acher.html
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He won plaudits for playing Jack Reacher in two blockbuster thrillers.
But Tom Cruise has been axed from the all-action role – because he simply doesn’t measure up.
British author Lee Child, who wrote the books on which the films are based, says that at 5ft 7in Cruise is far too short to play the former US military policeman.
So they are re-casting the character for new movies or maybe Netflix.
I've scratched my head and can't think of anyone who quite meets the required criteria. They need to be super-massive (but not be a bodybuilder! Reacher didn't lift! He was just a naturally big mofo, was mentioned loads of times in the books). He needs to be handsome but 'beat up', can't be a pretty-boy! He needs to be convincing as a Sherlock Holmes autistic super-sleuth (but also be charming and a hit with the ladies !). It's a tall order in more ways than one!
Maybe yesteryear, Robert Shaw or Rutger Hauer? but even these aren't quite up to scratch.
I don't want The Rock, or that Aquaman actor, or Hemsworth (although maybe Hemsworth could pull it off looking a bit older? But doesn't project the necessary cerebral qualities?). In the books, he's white, blonde, blue-eyed, 6ft 5, and 250lbs ....
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