Tom Cruise Loses Action Hero Jack Reacher Due To Being Too Short

Author |Nov 17, 2018

Author Lee Child has announced that Tom Cruise won't play the role as Jack Reacher in the TV adaptation of his books because he is too short. Instead, a TV series is being planned.

Author Lee Child has announced that the upcoming Jack Reacher TV reboot won’t be seen Hollywood star Tom Cruise in the main role because there is a big difference in height between Cruise and the character.

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In the original book, action hero Jack Reacher is depicted as being 6ft 5in tall while Tom Cruise is much shorter just with 5ft 7in.

Cruise had previously played the role of the iconic character in two films: Jack Reacher (2012) and its sequel itJack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016).

Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, Lee said that he enjoyed working with Tom Cruise and paid tribute to the Impossible Mission actor. However, ultimately, the audiences and readers are right to serve, therefore, he decided that “there won’t be any more movies with Tom Cruise”.

The size of Jack Reacher played an important role in the components which build who he is. Tom Cruise lacks appropriate physicality factor in spite of his real talent which couldn’t make up for this.

The author also said that they are in the process of rebooting and starting over and try to find the perfect actor.

Furthermore, Lee Child revealed that he has just signed a new contract to turn Jack Reacher into a TV series.

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