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Originally Posted by ApK
Reacher's size and build is an important matter in how he relates to people, and how he gets away with much of what he does. Child felt it important enough to write it, and reiterate it many times, so why wasn't it important enough to put on the screen?
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Exactly. It would be a different story if his description and physique were only mentioned once at the beginning of the book, but it's not. It's mentioned numerous times, almost as if it's part of the plot. This is just such a typical paragraph (partial paragraph -- from Killing Floor)...
"She looked at me. I wanted her to see this huge guy. A soldier for thirteen long years. A bare-knuckle killer. Icy blue eyes. I was giving it everything I had. I was willing myself to project all the invincibility, all the implacability, all the protection I felt. I was doing the hard, no-blink stare that used to shrivel up drunken marines two at a time."
Size matters!
