Jack Reacher author Lee Child has said casting Tom Cruise in the film adaptation was a “mistake” due to his lack of “physicality”.
Cruise played the vigilante former US Army military policeman in the 2012 film version of Child’s novels, and its 2016 sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
The casting proved controversial at the time, due to the original character being described as being “extremely broad”, “blond” and “standing at 6’5””. Cruise is 5’7” and was considered by many fans of the books not to be an appropriate choice for the role.
Source: ’Jack Reacher’ author says casting Tom Cruise was ”mistake” because he didn’t have the ”physicality”