Summary Tom Cruise’s casting as Jack Reacher faced criticism for not matching the character’s physical description in the novel.
Amazon’s series Reacher, starring Alan Ritchson, has received critical acclaim for better embodying the character.
Cruise’s films struggled with fans who felt he didn’t fit the role, while the series offers a different and favorable take.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back was the 2016 follow-up to Tom Cruise’s original appearance as the titular character in 2012’s Jack Reacher. While the film was met with a poor reception when it was originally released, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has found increased popularity following its release on Netflix. This new attention has come with inevitable comparisons with Amazon’s Reacher and dredged up an old criticism of Tom Cruise’s casting as the franchise’s central character.
Tom Cruise has proven himself to be an action movie staple, but at the time the original Jack Reacher was released there was a great deal of discourse around his casting as the character. One of the biggest concerns centered around Tom Cruise’s appearance was that the actor didn’t look like the character described in the novel on which the film was based. While this had little impact on the success or failure of the two films in the franchise, it has remained an enduring criticism.
Related Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Review Jack Reacher: Never Go Back does not offer enough high-octane action or clever mystery to stand out from the glut of so-so crime movies.
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Both films have had their share of criticisms, but along with Tom Cruise’s age, one of the bigger complaints centered around the actor’s height compared to the character as described in the novel. Cruise is only 5’7
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