Fans and Lee Child agree that Alan Ritchson is the closest person to embodying the iconic character Jack Reacher. Tom Cruise was great at portraying Reacher’s intellect, but Ritchson’s physicality often overshadows his intellectual side. According to Lee Child, Tom Cruise is a much smaller version of Reacher, and Alan Ritchson is the classic embodiment of the character.
It’s hard to imagine a better actor to play the role than Tom Cruise, one of the most iconic action stars of all time. However, when it comes to the hugely popular Jack Reacher series, fans of Lee Child’s original novels agree that Alan Ritchson is the actor best suited to play the eponymous character. Cruise has shined in action franchises like Mission: Impossible, but Reacher is debatable, as even Lee Child famously admitted that he prefers Ritchson to Cruise. There isn’t.
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