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Tom Cruise cast as Jack Reacher!?



DumLum

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Oct 24, 2009
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West, West, West Sussex.
Is this the most controversial casting since Mick Jagger played Ned Kelly?

Lee Child's Jack Reacher is a mountain of a man at 6 foot 5 inches. Tom Cruise's height is a bit of a mystery but my guess is he isn't 6 foot 5.
 

Ecosse Exile

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May 20, 2009
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Alicante, Spain
Which book are they turning to film? I'm reading Echo Burning at the moment, having just finished Tripwire. I have previously read 61 hours and have thoroughly enjoyed all three.

Jack Reacher is supposed to be a rough looking guy as you say 6'5" and built like the proverbial brick shithouse, definately not Tom Cruise.
 

smalldino

New member
Feb 25, 2009
186
Littlehampton
Tom Cruise is the worst possible person to play him. I have read about 7 of these books and they are all brilliant. It needed to be someone like The Rock
 

skipper734

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Aug 9, 2008
9,189
Curdridge
I cannot think of any American actors that fit with the Jack Reacher profile! ( Did you see what I did there.) Reacher is not only big, but has a brain as well.
 

JBizzle

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Apr 18, 2010
5,779
Seaford
Please tell me you are joking? He's one of my favourite characters and this is such a monstrous miscasting.
 


ezmally

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Sep 16, 2006
369
Hastings
Was thinking about this the other day. Would have to be Gerard Butler for me. Would have posted a pic if I knew how to do it, Doh!
 

skipper734

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Aug 9, 2008
9,189
Curdridge
Oh him. Good shout.

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DumLum

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Oct 24, 2009
3,772
West, West, West Sussex.
Which book are they turning to film? I'm reading Echo Burning at the moment, having just finished Tripwire. I have previously read 61 hours and have thoroughly enjoyed all three.

Jack Reacher is supposed to be a rough looking guy as you say 6'5" and built like the proverbial brick shithouse, definately not Tom Cruise.

Apparently Lee Child was on BBC breakfast this morning supporting the casting. I wonder why....Kerching!

'One shot' is the book according to imdb. I would put a link but as I'm a newbie, the new rules don't allow me.
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,853
Apparently,Tom Cruise is not averse to standing on a beer crate when shooting close-ups with a leading lady.
 

sams dad

I hate Palarse
Feb 7, 2004
6,383
The Hill of The Gun
I've just read "Die Trying" , my first Jack Reacher book. As others have stated JR is a giant of a man, and casting Tom Cruise to play the part is an absolute joke.
 


Apparently Lee Child was on BBC breakfast this morning supporting the casting. I wonder why....Kerching!

Yeah I saw that this morning, and the impression I got was deffo that the casting was for commercial reasons rather than who would actually fit the description of the character as given in all 15 or so books. I had previously thought the miscasting of Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross was as far from the authors original description as you could go, but this one takes the biscuit.
 


JBizzle

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Apr 18, 2010
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Seaford
Personally, I thought Viggo Mortensen was the best choice.

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Take away the beard and shave his head and he's your man...
 

vegster

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May 5, 2008
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