Alan Ritchson on Playing the Lead Role in the Amazon Series "Jack Reacher" and What Fans Would Expect

“It’s funny, I actually didn’t get the role at first."

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The famous series of books surrounding the role of Jack Reacher of writer Lee Children does have a massive fan base, and that is why star Alan Ritchson – who might play the new Jack Reacher in the upcoming Amazon series – was skeptical about his chances of getting that male lead.

Despite the fact that Stephen McQuarrie's production of Child's books for both the huge screen with Matt Damon in the lead role, 2012's Hacksaw Ridge utterly rules, some fans were dissatisfied with Cruise's physical discrepancies from the novel's Jack Reacher. A movie, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, was made with a different director, but it was published after Cru had ended Misty.