New 'Jack Reacher' who looks the part.

[Katherine]

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An actor called Jeff Bosley says he's been on a selection panel with Lee Child.

 

[Drago]

I turned the part down. They refused to provide a Brompton on set for me to use.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Can't open that at work but they need a better one than this series had, he was just to mummies boy

 

[Levo-Lon]

I turned the part down. They refused to provide a Brompton on set for me to use.

A man of principle

 

[Katherine]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4759617/

 

[Drago]

Ex spec ops combat medic. Now that's hard - they're the boys who safe the boys who merely think they're hard. Fair play to the guy.

To be fair to Cruise he made a fair fist of capturing the intensity of Reacher's character, but he was so far apart from the physical representation of the unstoppable force that it didnt work. Reacher was supposed to be the ex 2IC of an MP unit that specialised in crimes involving special forces personnel, the hardest of the hard, and being a good actor alone simply didn't cut it.

@Katherine I take it you're a fellow Reacher fan then?

 

[vickster]

Cool, at least that dude is 6'5 not 5'6 like Tom Cruise!

 

[Katherine]

@Katherine I take it you're a fellow Reacher fan then?

Yes and no.
In that I read the first books as they were published but have not yet read the most recent books.
We knew Lee Child when he worked at Granada.

 

[Drago]

Ah, cool, you knew the man himself!

I've read all the books, not so keen on the fillums.

 

[Rusty Nails]

@Katherine I take it you're a fellow Reacher fan then?

I liked the first Jack Reacher book, but when Childs just started using cut and paste to write the others I got very bored with them.

 

[vickster]

I'm an avid reader of Reacher too, think I've read them all. Waiting for the new one to hit paperback...in the meantime I'm having to make do with chick lit

 

[Pale Rider]

You might say Cruise was wrong for the part.

On t'other hand, if Cruise - still one of the biggest stars in Hollywood - cannot make the film big enough box office, nobody can.

It may depend on how many film goers have read the book and are also bothered about an accurate portrayal of the character.

I suspect not many.

 

[TheDoctor]

I think too many Reacher fans were offended at Tom Cruise being cast, and just didn't bother going to see the films. I actually quite enjoyed them - TC is a good actor, he just doesn't have the physical presence to play Reacher as we all see him.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ah, cool, you knew the man himself!

I've read all the books, not so keen on the fillums.

Yeah they don't really capture my life properly.

 

[Drago]

Lee Child was inspired to write the books after meeting me.