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Old 12-16-2012, 04:09 PM   #31
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Pare assurdo che Jack Reacher sia stato interpretato da Tom Cruise, è davvero ridico. Jack è alto e robusto, esattamente il contrario di Cruise!Comunque adoro Lee Child ed il suo personaggio.
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Old 12-16-2012, 05:31 PM   #32
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Pare assurdo che Jack Reacher sia stato interpretato da Tom Cruise, è davvero ridico. Jack è alto e robusto, esattamente il contrario di Cruise!Comunque adoro Lee Child ed il suo personaggio.
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Old 12-16-2012, 06:43 PM   #33
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Hugh Jackman would have been a good Reacher.
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Old 12-16-2012, 10:51 PM   #34
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I agree. Love Liam Neeson and he does great with an American accent.
Liam Neeson is 60. That's pushing it, especially for sequels. And you know there will be sequels...
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Old 12-16-2012, 11:13 PM   #35
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Old 12-16-2012, 11:33 PM   #36
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Liam Neeson is 60. That's pushing it, especially for sequels. And you know there will be sequels...
Yes, but in my head, when reading the books, he'd be the younger Liam Neeson that I'd be picturing.
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Old 12-17-2012, 04:15 AM   #37
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Aussy Russell Crowe if he got himself into shape?
He's not that young but he still has some boyish good looks left.
Can't stand Tom Cruise I'm afraid. Not just his lack of height for the job but his soft face and mouth always hanging open.

If anyone else is old enough around here to remember, I think John Wayne would
have fit the bill perfectly. After him Clint Eastwood.
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Old 12-17-2012, 05:13 AM   #38
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I agree. Love Liam Neeson and he does great with an American accent.

My list in order (ANY would have been better than Cruise)...

Bradley Cooper

Matthew McConaughey (probably too soon after Lincoln Lawyer, though)

Vince Vaughn (He's 6'5" - probably the closest physically)

Vincent D'Onofrio

All are closer to Reacher's physical size and, IMHO, all would have been decent box office draws.

Liam Neeson I think might have been a reasonable choice. He certainly has been proving his action qualifications with the "Take Two" movies.

Vaughn and McConaughey are close to Reacher's physical characteristics but I think much worse choices than Cruise. How many people would see Vaughn and think "Wedding Crashers"? McConaughey is one of the worst actors of all time. He was unconvincing as a lawyer and extremely poorly typecast as Dirk Pitt in "Sahara."

I'm not familiar with the other two you named.

If the only that matters is size, why not use "The Rock" -- Dwayne Johnson.
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How about the guy that plays on the show Person of Interest? Jim Caviezel is the actors name. He is 6'2" and definitely not a pretty boy. Plus, I do enjoy looking at him......
I know, he is an unknown, so lower budget.
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Oops, didn't realize he was in Passion of Christ!

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Old 12-17-2012, 08:38 AM   #40
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I honestly don't see that the actor's physical appearance is of the slightest relevance. The movie is not intended to be a precise reproduction of the books, and very few of the people who see it will ever have read the books.
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The UK Telegraph published an article when news that Cruise had purchased the rights to the book was made known. They referenced the fact that Childs' novels have sold 60 million copies worldwide. Good job, Lee! That's a lot of ReacherCreatures!
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Aussy Russell Crowe if he got himself into shape?
Crowe is actually two years younger than Tom Cruise, who turned 50 this year. Jack Reacher is in his mid-thirties, 6'5", 220 lbs., blonde hair and ice-blue eyes (insert the 'swoon' emoticon)!
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Crowe is actually two years younger than Tom Cruise, who turned 50 this year. Jack Reacher is in his mid-thirties, 6'5", 220 lbs., blonde hair and ice-blue eyes (insert the 'swoon' emoticon)!
He's not as tall as Reacher but Chris Hemsworth would have been good if he wasn't already playing Thor. Good looking, built quite nicely and has very blue eyes
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I honestly don't see that the actor's physical appearance is of the slightest relevance. The movie is not intended to be a precise reproduction of the books, and very few of the people who see it will ever have read the books.
Then why call him "Jack Reacher?" Why make him an ex-MP?

If you're not out to get Jack Reacher fans, and capitalize on the popularity of the books, then you could have just bought story rights from Child (if the story was that strong) and make Mission Impossible 5 featuring Cruise as Ethan Hunt.

But if you're trying to sell me Jack Reacher, then I expect to get Jack Reacher in the package.
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He's not as tall as Reacher but Chris Hemsworth would have been good if he wasn't already playing Thor. Good looking, built quite nicely and has very blue eyes
Why only "if he wasn't already playing Thor?" Why couldn't he do both?

(Real answer, aside from any possible scheduling conflicts, is of course, "because Tom Cruise's name sells more tickets," of course. Heck, I'm a fan of the Marvel movies, and I wouldn't have recognized Hemsworth's name immediately, had you not put it along side the word "Thor.")

I was amused, by the way, by one video interview I saw of Child saying something to the effect of "I think Cruise was an excellent choice, and I'm not just saying that because I'm contractually prohibited from saying anything bad about it...."

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