Who would you have casted for Jack Reacher
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grapeape67 — 12 years ago(September 08, 2013 11:41 PM)
My wife and I just saw this and we thought the same thing.
Cruise does a nice job, but he's just a wee guy. They used all kinds of camera angles to try to hide the height difference, but it was obvious.
My pick would be Viggo Mortensen, but he played a badass role in Eastern Promises, which he might not have wanted to repeat. -
transmentalist — 12 years ago(March 26, 2014 11:23 PM)
I'm no Reacher fan, but I'd love to see Patrick Warburton playing against type in the role.
When I first read the Wikipedia entry on the character, I immediately thought of David Morse, as well.
Ray Stevenson's version of the Punisher also seems tailor-made for this character. -
chris_hall11 — 12 years ago(October 25, 2013 01:57 PM)
Don't make me laugh! Cruise may be small, but he at least has the acting ability to pull off the dark, mysterious personality of reacher. The rock is a terrible actor, and far too bulky to play reacher. He's meant to be tall, not a steroid head!!
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smoko — 11 years ago(November 08, 2014 01:56 PM)
@qwdzx
Bane appeared physically imposing because of the way he was filmed.
I think Tom Hardy's physique also had something to do with it. Anyways, they could've filmed him the same way for
Jack Reacher
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cranberry_juice — 11 years ago(November 08, 2014 07:56 PM)
Nah, Cruise is 5'6", way short for a guy, whereas Hardy is average height, and he looked huge in Lawless. I think Hardy would have been interesting as Jack Reacher.
Francis, it's a nation of f**ing rats. -
cranberry_juice — 11 years ago(November 11, 2014 06:54 AM)
The site doesn't physically measure them so how would they know? The point is not their actual heights, but how different they look. Tom Cruise looks shorter than most women on the red carpet, whereas Hardy looks normal, he's looks taller than Anne Hathaway in DKR events, who is a pretty tall girl. It seems like it would be easier/more believable to have Hardy in this role since the description calls for a big guy, that's all I'm saying. (And I did enjoy Cruise in the role).
Francis, it's a nation of f**ing rats.