Lee Child the author of the Jack Reacher book series has praised the re casting of his titular character in an upcoming TV series after the criticism some fans had over the casting of Tom Cruise in the film adaptations.The American actor Alan Ritchson who is 6'2 according to his official IMDb page portrays Jack Reacher in the new TV adaptation titled Reacher which is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.
Cruise played the fictional military officer from Childs book series in two films in pushed back against Cruises casting because they did not believe he was physically correct for the role.In the books Reacher is described as extremely broad long armed and long legged. Reachers hands are also described as Thanksgiving turkeys. However Cruises relatively smaller stature of 5'7 is well documented.There was criticism from the book fans because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like Child told the British tabloid Metro.
I think that the size thing is important to certain parts of the narrative. Reacher has got to scare people and you can do that so much easier with one glance of this huge animal rather than a normal sized actor.
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