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[seriousfic]

So the news is that Tom Cruise wants to play Jack Reacher of pulp literature fame, which is great casting if you've never read the books. The character is basically this man's man, big guy, rip-your-face-off-if-you've-hurt-a-woman type, and Tom Cruise could get into a fair fight with a twelve-year-old girl.

So, as someone who has read the books, I was thinking of who would make a good Reacher. The usual suspects are Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, those types, but you've gotta admit they lack a certain sangfroid. Then I thought Idris Elba.



Let's see: Badass, check. Intelligent, check. Looks like he could step on Tom Cruise, check. And for the ladies, he could get it... check. I'm normally not one for raceboots (to paraphrase Jeff Winger, "CREATE SOME ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!"), but goddamn, that movie would be perfect.

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[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

For some reason I've always envisioned Kyle Chandler as Jack Reacher. He supposefly has that friendly, unassuming face that makes people trust him, so that fits. I don't know about height, but it's GOTTA be better than Tom Cruise. I mean, Jebbus.

[mcity.livejournal.com]

This reminded me, I had to polish off Ultraviolet while I was still in the UK.