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Taylor Lautner as Mitch Rapp.


Thoughts?

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Man, I hope not. They need gritty, not boy band.

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I'm sure they could rough him up easily enough with the magic of Hollywood. I also suspect there is nothing Taylor would love more than to distance himself from that whole nice body pretty face label he got tagged with on Twilight.

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Hollywood would have to stretch him. He's like 5'8"

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You can't put anything past Hollywood after Jack Reacher.

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LOL... very true

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What's the problem with that? Serious question.

I did 3, three, tours in Iraq and I'm 5' 8". I served with some guys that were like 5' 6" and mean as f'ck. Like, literally bullies to some of the "softer" guys.

Never understood the whole height in Hollywood thing.

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It's not that shorter men (and I use that term only descriptively, because to me, 5'8" is not short at all) are not tough and mean, at all. It's just that this particular character is supposed to be around 6' tall as per the books.

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Thanks for clarifying.

I haven't read the books so I'm in the dark. I do rather screen writers stick closely to source material though.

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I could see either one of those guys playing Rapp... Really glad Hemsworth turned down the role. He's too much of a pretty boy IMO.

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Christopher Abbot or Taylor Kitsch that is....

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