Fans of the novels will know that Reacher is a physically imposing figure, standing at 6ft 5 inches tall and weighing roughly 250 lb, a build that is central to how he dominates and intimidates those around him.
Cruise, by contrast, is around 5ft 7 inches, a mismatched height from the books that drew almost instant criticism from readers when he took the role in 2012's Jack Reacher and its 2016 sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
View Green Video on the source websiteSpeaking to Collider about Cruise's casting, the writer admitted: "Obviously, he was completely and utterly wrong for the character. I thought, as an actor, he captured the internals pretty well — the silent characteristic and so on. I thought internally he did really well, but externally it didn’t work."
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And it's a good thing that Child and others took another chance on adapting the IP, rebooting Reacher for television and casting Ritchson in the leading role.
Attention has now turned to Reacher season 5, which will be based on Child's 20th Reacher book, Make Me, which was first released in 2015.
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