to think the casting director was drunk....

[balotelli]

New film for USA next year is Jack Reacher... brillaint series of Book by Lee Child. Jack Reacher is an ex army detective who likes helping the underdog.

His main feature is that he is 6'5" and weighs 17st, this is an integral part of who he and what he does. So how pissed was the casting director who thought it would be reasonable to cast........

Tom Cruise!

He might have him wearing stilts? To add character .

It will never work, very stupid.

Oh FGS!!!

Maybe the casting director was a scientologist?

haha! there was a big thread bemoaning this recently, can't link on phone.

bloody ridiculous though. Jack Reacher should be huge!

Dear god... Another example of no one on the production team even having read the book!

Dear god... Another example of no one on the production team even having read the book!

Who do you think the producers are, exactly? Go on, take one guess....

1st name listed: Mr T. Cruise !!

Yeh, and another one I'll never fathom is Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor !

Another book ruined!!! Will not be watching, just ridiculous!!!

The author is very happy with Tom's casting apparently and says that what Jack Reacher is essentially about is power, and that Tom Cruise portrays that perfectly well in his own way. So if the author thinks it's fine then I can't see what everybody is so bothered about.

The author is very happy with Tom's casting apparently

Do we know how much he was paid to be happy?

and says that what Jack Reacher is essentially about is power, and that Tom Cruise portrays that perfectly well in his own way

that is funny, TC could just about pull off playing an elf, but only if he had taken magic mushrooms.

You do realise that Robbie Coltrane isn't really as tall as he appears on screen as Hagrid don't you...? special effects are so good these days.

As good an actor as Tom Cruise is this is a bit bloody stupid. Tom Hardy would have been a much better choice, and much easier on the eye.

There isnt any special effects though, have you seen the trailer? in one scene he gets away from the bad guys by blending into the crowd as he's so tiny, the idea is he isnt suppose to be as hes like a foot taller. I love these books and have read them all. The first one i read i visualised Liam Neeson, hes the build Jack is suppose to have. Apparently Lee Child wasnt happy at first, but money can change a lot of people's opinions and now hes going against his own believes by saying that JR size isnt importat and it wasnt literally-um yes it is unless you havent read your own books...never mind, ive seen the trailer, i dont intend to watch the film.

It was a joke.

As was pointed out in t'other thread (in Chat I think), TC looks up to some would-be attackers in one scene before biting their ankles beating them up!

And there were many suggestions of much better casting - I believe Jim Caviezel and Liam Neeson came up rather a bit...

The trailer is just ridiculous, he is such a little short arse and a smug git I love the books but have no interest at all in watching the film.

And I read an article that said Lee Child actually requested that Tom Cruise play him must only be because he thinks he's box office.

Remember John Hannah as Rebus? Similarly baffling! urned out Hannah had some major stake in the company (or maybe owned it?).

Perhaps they misread and thought he was supposed to be 5' 6'' and TC was the only person short enough that they could think of?

That's interesting about Rebus, Ken Stott is so much better.

Sorry to ressurect an old thread.
I've just watched the trailer.
here

I can't quite get my head around it, it just doesnt fit. I wont be going to see it.

Interview with Lee Child