Don't get me wrong, I thought Tom Cruise did an awesome job. With that said, it's safe to say he wasn't anyone's first choice. So, who would you have chosen? For me, I would've gone with Dominic Purcell.
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/men/dominic-purcell/pictures/domini c-purcell-picture-1.jpg
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Hugh Jackman or Karl Urban
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shareI'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.
Ryan Gosling. If you don't believe me, watch "Drive".
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Liam Neeson (coz I would watch him any day over Tom), Ron Perlman...or just anyone with a more menacing presence.
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Tom Hardy would have been an incredible Reacher.
share@homes4bethel Gotta second Tom Hardy - when I read what the novel's Jack Reacher was like physically, I thought of Bane. Plus Hardy's young enough to do a lot of the sequels.
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@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 as well.
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.
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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.
I'm a huge fan of the books and my 1ST choice for Reacher has always been Adam Baldwin, he's the right height and build and has spent over 30 years playing similar characters both on tv and in movies. He may not be a big name star but he is known and has a very large following. Kevin Durand has always been my 2nd choice for the role for similar reasons to Baldwin.
I could of also excepted David Morse in the role if he was a little younger.
If they were to cast a younger actor then I would go for Daniel Cudmore, I think he has the potential to make a great Reacher, like Baldwin, Durand and Morse he has the height and build height and at 32 he could theoretically play him continuously through the years instead of different actor like Jack Ryan.
I haven't read the books but based on what i hear how about Scott Adkins or how about Cruise's mIssion impossible 2 adversary Dougray Scott.
shareVinnie Jones (Sphinx in Gone in 60 Seconds) was the first person I mentally pictured when reading the books.
Then, after watching the Ray Donovan show, I really think Liev Schreiber could really pull it off..
Having never read the books before watching the movie, I thought it was great and TX did a good job. Having read the series now, I still think he did a good job but was obviously physically miscast.
I'm not a fan of TC personal beliefs but I do feel his movies get a bad rap because of those beliefs.
If I chose not to watch the movies of those I didn't personally like or support, I would have very limited exposure to most of the movies produced