'Jack Reacher' Author Shares Why He Thinks Fans Like Alan Ritchson in Lead Role Over Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise proved once again that there is no stunt he can’t tackle himself! While filming the next installment of Mission Impossible, 59-year-old actor attempted death-defying feats in South Africa on Wednesday (Feb. 16). The hunky action star showed off his bulging biceps and toned physique in a tight tee and jeans before he hopped in a helicopter to flaunt his aviation experience and bravery for Mission Impossible 8, as seen in photos here, via Daily Mail.

risky business.The 59-year-old action star proved that he still does his own stunts accomplishing a “Top Gun” moment on Tuesday when he landed his own helicopter in South Africa.And in typical Tom Cruise fashion, he was smiling and waving the whole time.Gillian Soames, who lives in Hoedspruit, said the “Jack Reacher” actor has flown by her town several times, but she got to witness his mega-watt smile up close when she snapped photos of him expertly landing the chopper.“For the last week, he has driven past my house two or three times a day and flies over every day and night to wherever they are filming that day,” she told South West News Service.In fact, Soames said that Cruise was staying just a few hundred meters from her home and has been a “delight” to locals.“I must have seen him 11 times now,” she added, “but yesterday was the first time he took off his mask to smile for us so we could see his face.” Soames, 49, also added it’s the first time she’s seen him flying the helicopter on his own, though the veteran actor is well-known for doing his own risky stunts — like recently when he was photographed riding atop a speeding train and grinning for fans and paparazzi. “It was also the first time he flew the chopper himself,” she noted to SWNS.

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How you feel about Reacher, the eight episode series telling the story of Lee Child's vigilante with a heart almost as big as his ham-like fists, can probably be determined by your feelings on the deaths of innocent bystanders in pop culture.

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Amazon has announced that its newly released Reacher series starring Titans actor Alan Ritchson is being renewed for a second season.The new series – which premiered on Prime Video on February 4 – is based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling series of books, which also spawned two film adaptations starring Tom Cruise: 2012’s Jack Reacher and 2016’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.According to Amazon, Reacher, which is written by showrunner and executive producer Nick Santora (Scorpion), is already one of Prime Video’s Top Five most-watched shows ever both in the US and globally. The streaming giant also said the show is one of the most binged original series ever.“The phenomenal debut of Reacher is a testament to Lee Child’s creation of one of entertainment’s most well-known heroes, Nick Santora’s original approach to the storytelling, Alan’s brilliant embodiment of the character, and the dedication of the talented people who worked tirelessly in front of and behind the camera to make such an undeniably bingeworthy series,” Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement.“The global impact of Reacher makes it one of Prime Video’s biggest series debuts, and we can’t wait to bring fans a second season of their new favourite show.”Santora said of the renewal: “The entire Reacher team – cast, production, writers, etc – is so happy with the wonderful reception the show has received.

Alan Ritchson is reflecting on a previous gig.

Reacher is clearly a hit for Amazon Prime Video because the streaming service has renewed the series just three days after it premiered.

Amazon Prime Video series based on his books.Childs is happy that the TV show chose a different actor to play Reacher after Tom Cruise played him in two films.Fans 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.”Alan Ritchson — who is 6-foot-2 — stars in the new series as the titular character, while Cruise, 59, stands at 5-foot-7.Childs is an executive producer on the project and spoke to Metro about his thoughts on the recasting. “There was criticism from the book fans because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like,” Childs said. “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.

Jack Reacher series, has spoken about criticism from book fans about the casting of Tom Cruise in the 2012 film and its sequel.The character has just returned in the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher, this time played by Alan Ritchson.Some book fans were critical of Cruise as Reacher, particularly as the character is described at 6’5″ in the source material, while the actor is believed to be much shorter than that. However, many non-book fans liked Cruise in the role, so the new series had to “satisfy” both camps, according to Child.“There was criticism from the book fans because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like,” he told Metro.co.uk.Child added of casting Ritchson: “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.’“But we’re also focusing on the non-book readers.

“There was criticism from the book fans, because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like,” Child said in an interview with Metro. Cruise played Reacher in a pair of films based on the “Jack Reacher” novels in 2012 and 2016. Though Cruise has more than proven he’s a bonafide action star thanks to the “Mission: Impossible” films, the “Reacher” novels describe the character as “extremely tall, extremely broad, long-armed and long-legged.” Cruise, despite his willingness to do any kind of crazy stunt for his work, is just 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Lee Child’s first Jack Reacher novel The Killing Floor is the latest to be adapted to the small screen.

The first season of new show Reacher lands on Amazon Prime Video today (Friday, February 4).

Alan Ritchson is opening up about an injury.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editor“Reacher,” an Amazon series based on the beloved Lee Child books, premiered at a drive-in screening Wednesday night at The Grove in Los Angeles.“I love this character,” Alan Ritchson, who stars as Jack Reacher in the series, told Variety on the arrivals carpet. “And especially for novels… there’s no better medium than eight to 10 episodes. It’s the right amount of time to tell these stories.”The Jack Reacher saga, which has sold over 100 million book copies and was adapted into a pair of features starring Tom Cruise, continues to hold “such a wide reach.

Joshua Alston Know this about Jack Reacher: He’s an awfully tall drink of brackish water.No more than 10 minutes go by in “Reacher,” Prime Video’s series adaptation of Lee Child’s durable book franchise, without someone mentioning the eponymous character’s intimidating stature. Reacher, played here by Alan Ritchson (“Titans”), is described at various points as a “giant,” “Frankenstein’s monster,” and, without irony, as “250 pounds of frontier justice.” When characters aren’t conjuring turns of phrase to describe Reacher’s size, the camera is employing forced perspective techniques to render him even larger than the 6 feet 5 inches established in Child’s canon.The emphasis on Reacher’s physique is a good-faith gesture to fans of Child’s 26-and-counting novels, some of whom bristled at the pair of Reacher films featuring Tom Cruise as a featherweight version of the legendary bruiser.

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