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Jack Reacher...

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MaxSchreck · 16/06/2011 18:53

...is to be played in the film by Tom Cruise!

What a shocking bit of miss-casting, eh?

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BecauseImWorthIt · 17/06/2011 22:38

Oooh, good idea starting a hashtag, ravenous!

Will join in...

Mrsfluff · 17/06/2011 20:30

Ooh, just saw Shoshe's suggestion of Liev Schreiber and I think he'd be excellent

Mrsfluff · 17/06/2011 20:29

Now I don't mind Tom Cruise, but, but, nooooooooooooooooo!! Awful casting Shock

ravenousbugblatterbeast · 17/06/2011 20:26

Thanks for Twitter address, have tweeted : @LeeChildReacher What would be the more surprising appointment:Alex McLeish as Villa mgr or Tom Cruise as Reacher? #stopcruisebeingreacher Grin

Shoshe · 17/06/2011 20:02

No second (fourth thought?) Liev Schreiber

Amaretti · 17/06/2011 19:56

What about Sean Bean? That's how I imagine Reacher (I've read 'em all!)

Shoshe · 17/06/2011 19:54

Pity Heath Ledger Died, he was a tall guy, and a great actor, but Hugh Jackman would make a good Reacher as well, or even Russell Crow, just for size.

whimsicalname · 17/06/2011 19:38

I heard an interview with LC where he said he'd always imagined Reacher looking like Laurence Dellallio (?spelling!). I don't think TC looks like that.

It was bad enough having Jason Isaacs playing Jackson Brodie (who is far older / stouter / hairier in my imagination) without bringing Jack Reacher down to Hollywood level.

BecauseImWorthIt · 17/06/2011 19:32

Tweet Lee Childs to register your displeasure!

@LeeChildReacher

tribpot · 17/06/2011 19:13

'"Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way," Child said when he threw his support behind the move.'

Jack Reacher would take him out back and kick the living crap out of Lee Child for a statement like that.

Fortunately it sounds like they're only 'in talks' with him so hopefully it will come to nothing. Ludicrous idea.

IHeartKingThistle · 17/06/2011 18:52

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

That is the worst casting decision ever. It's not highbrow lit but Reacher is an iconic character IMO.

It would have been great to cast a fabulous, gorgeous, TALL unknown actor. Or Sawyer from Lost maybe?

I'm cross now.

Goblinchild · 17/06/2011 18:51

Rutger Hauer lacks the sheer mass, but could manage the role I think.
Cruise the Wondergoblin? Just ridiculous to try and envisage.

Boozilla · 17/06/2011 18:48

I always some somewhere close to Dolph Lundgren whenever I try to get a mental image of Jack Reacher....although Dolph Lundgren has the acting prowess of an ironing board.

Tom Cruise won me over as an actor in Interview with the Vampire and Collateral but he IS JUST NOT Jack Reacher. Bit like when they cast Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls. Big name, no matter how far off they are from the character.

BecauseImWorthIt · 17/06/2011 18:41

But Brad is totally wrong as well, physically (albeit that he's more attractive)

hocuspontas · 17/06/2011 18:11

I mean, how on earth am I going to have any more sexy dreams about Jack? Shock

Lee Child is wrong! Someone on the link suggested Brad Pitt, I think I could go for that.

hocuspontas · 17/06/2011 18:01

Joins in with the NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOs.

What idiot decided that? Obviously someone who has NEVER read a JR book.

bahookie · 17/06/2011 17:57

that is completely shockingly wrong!

ravenousbugblatterbeast · 17/06/2011 17:54

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I think Tom Cruise has owned the option on the stories for ages, so hopefully he'll be satisfied with directing/producing/whatever, and not tearing all the mystique and attraction of the central character into teeny tiny pieces and throwing them to the four winds....

tillyfernackerpants · 17/06/2011 17:46

No no no no no no, just all wrong

"As for Reacher's hulking physical size, Child wasn't locked into an oversized actor (one reason the film took so long to get off the ground), and it was more about establishing an intimidating presence.

"Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way," Child said when he threw his support behind the move."

PotteringAlong · 17/06/2011 17:02

Tom Cruise!?!?!?

Have they ever read any Lee Child book?

No way is Tom Cruise Jack Reacher...

inthesticks · 17/06/2011 16:59

I don't mind TC but never in a million years is he Jack Reacher.

It's true all the books are the same but I love them.
Plot.
Reacher walks into town.
Bad guy mildly insults him.
Bad guys do something bad to some innocent party.
Reacher gets mad.
Reacher gets the girl.
Big "A team" like battle.
Reacher walks out of town without a backwards look.

BecauseImWorthIt · 17/06/2011 08:50

Appears to be true

CheerfulYank · 17/06/2011 08:35

MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

BecauseImWorthIt · 17/06/2011 08:31

O M G

No way.

Reacher is a giant of a man - Tom Cruise is a little squirt. Reacher has massive sex appeal. Tom Cruise is just wet.

Who on earth thought this was good casting?!

CheerfulYank · 17/06/2011 08:30

Ray Stevenson! For SURE. Tom Cruise is a teeny little person.