Obviously Tom Cruise is a joke, but who should do it? Although not really physically big enough I think a younger Clint Eastwood would work. I’m struggling for a modern day actor who could fill his shoes, any ideas?

Dolph Lundgren would have been great

John Travolta played a good MP in Basic and The Generals Daughter but might be a little bit too old for it now.

Dolph has the build, but comes over a bit too Swedish. Maybe if they punched his face in a bit. 🙂

Thomas Jane

someone ‘new’.

Oh….it is actually Tom Cruise….fancy that….

Someone new would be best, shame it wont happen though! I like Cruise even less now, what a joke!

Who is Jack Reacher?

Who is Jack Reacher

here’s the internet…

thomas jane would be too short, just not as ‘too short’ as tom cruise.

What about that big werewolf guy from True Blood? He’s well buff.

He’s not really meant to be gym buff, just a naturally big strong guy.

DezB – thank you, Tom cruise not best choice, what about him what played Captain America or him that plays Wolverine?

Liam Neilson

Liam Neeson

A roughed up Hugh Jackman could be ok, Liam Neeson is a bit old now and not really handsome enough. For me they need to exude military, even when dressed otherwise.

I always picture him looking a bit like jason statham, but he again is too short

I think Thomas Jane would be good. He looked pretty big in The Punisher.
Hugh Jackman maybe (Wolverine).
The Captain America guy (Chris Evans), is too young. Reacher is late 30’s when he gets out of the army.

I don’t think that the guy who plays him has to be 6’5″ as Reacher is supposed to be, but he has to be tall, reasonably built and “rugged” enough in appearance to carry off the demeanor. Cruise is a joke in the role.

Mark Ruffalo

Stuey01, agreed, he doesn’t need to be exactly 6’5″, but he needs to be rugged and imposing – basically the opposite of Tom Cruise. I’m a bit peeved at the author Lee Child for selling out, surely he has enough money not to need to?!

I give – I can’t get this url to embed properly:

Guy Pearce:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Ruffalo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=OCD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1UiRT_PLDdOk8gPohqyrBA&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=934&sei=3EiRT_3nEcm98gP94uGCBA#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=VCD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&channel=np&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Guy+Pearce&oq=Guy+Pearce&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0l10.27731.32154.0.32354.12.12.1.3.3.0.114.703.7j1.8.0.Qh31-drFkMs&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=4fcdd7b2c1e968e1&biw=1280&bih=934

Ruffalo looks to Mediteranean and cheerful.

Cruise is a joke in the role.

Presumably Ronnie Corbett wasn’t available.
It’s stressed enough in the books that he’s BIG!
But Hollywood is a world unto itself – when they think ‘big’ they think of a big name.

with hands like a bunch of bananas or a catchers mitt! This is what annoys me, the author reinforces this description in every book, again and again, then he sells out to the scientologist! 🙄

Hagrid?

I’ve got it! What about the other bloke from True Blood – Alexander Skarsgård.

The Rock fella, never read the books but the missus loves them, I read the blurb and I see the Rock

Gerard butler, Tom hardy?(bit short)

Statham would be good…. but I struggle to sit through any film where he adopts an american accent

It’s stressed enough in the books that he’s BIG!

Well then it should be that wolf cjharacter from True Blood, as mentioned above:

Joe Manganiello

Statham’s accent can ruin any film and he’s too small anyway. Joe manganiello is too much of a ladies man, Jack Reacher would be Mr Primark and not pretty.

Humphrey Bogart

Tom Cruise?? Really? Oh FFS.. Makes no sense whatsoever..

if time travel’s allowed…

(edit) i’ve only read the one Reacher book, Without Fail – it was god-awful. Did i just happen across a particularly bad example, or are they really not for me?

Statham’s accent can ruin any film and he’s too small anyway

if we are only going to endrose people that are actually over 6’5″…. thats a very small pool of actors indeed!

Keith Lemon

It’s not just the height, it’s the overall size and presence. The rock is who I would expect Hollywood to cast, but I think that would dumb it down too much. To me Hollywood are really missing out on the opportunity for a great series of films, hence they should have used someone new and molded them to it. What a waste!

Interesting choice loum, but I don’t see Reacher in a half leopard print shirt. 😆

I think the way they’ll get round the height issue is for all the other actors to be shorter than Cruise