Reacher is NOT a cartoon; he's a Mysterious Everyman with some unique skills.
Ummm, yeah. No.
Physical appearance[edit]
Bryan Curtis, in an interview with Lee Child, the author behind the Jack Reacher series, describes Reacher as:
His face looked like it had been chipped out of rock by a sculptor who had ability but not much time.[1]
In A Wanted Man he is described as follows: "He was one of the largest men she had ever seen outside the NFL. He was extremely tall, and extremely broad, and long-armed, and long-legged. The lawn chair was regular size, but it looked tiny under him. It was bent and crushed out of shape. His knuckles were nearly touching the ground. His neck was thick and his hands were the size of dinner plates...A wild man. But not really. Underneath everything else seemed strangely civilized....His gaze was both wise and appealing, both friendly and bleak, both frank and utterly cynical." [42]
Reacher is described as being 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall, weighing 210–250 pounds (95–113 kg) and having a 50-inch (130 cm) chest;.[10][12] In Never Go Back, he was physically described as having "a six-pack like a cobbled city street, a chest like a suit of NFL armor, biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue."[32] In his youth, his physical appearance was described as that of a 'bulked-up greyhound'.[43] He also reveals that his size is purely genetic; he states in Persuader[44] and Never Go Back[32] that he is not much of an exercise enthusiast.
He has various scars, most notably a collection of roughly-stitched scars on his abdomen caused by a bombing in Lebanon,[45] with ugly raised welts that are later instrumental in saving his life, a 3-to-4-inch-wide (8 to 10 cm) white scar that intersects his shrapnel scar that he received during a knife fight in Gone Tomorrow, Reacher attributes his survival to the rough MASH stitch work (Chapter 83).
He also has various other scars: one from a chest shot with a .38 Special.[46] and a powder burn from a near-miss at point blank range, and one on his arm where his brother struck him with a chisel.[47]
He suffers his first ever broken nose in "Worth dying for", at over 50 years of age. He resets the bone with a thump from his palm. He later puts on a plaster bandage made of duct tape while there's a doctor ally in the next room.
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FearlessOneDay
8 years ago
So glad I haven't read the books. More better to enjoy Tom Cruise breaking bad guys' fingers..... without worrying about how short he is.
I don't think Tom would look good with a broken nose. Plus, his chest looks just fine without any scars.
So who would be your perfect Jack Reacher?
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justanicknamed
8 years ago
So glad I haven't read the books. More better to enjoy Tom Cruise breaking bad guys' fingers..... without worrying about how short he is.
If you are into complete fantasy, good for you.
So who would be your perfect Jack Reacher?
Daniel Cudmore seems like a good choice. If you want to go old school, someone like Clint Walker.
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FearlessOneDay
8 years ago
If you are into complete fantasy, good for you.
Awwww. Two hours of fantasy on occasion helps you live in the modern world.
Daniel Cudmore - never heard of him. Don't think he would be cast in the lead for a big budget Jack Reacher film. Maybe if it becomes a tv series one day.
Clint Walker? You want an 89 year old to play Reacher? Well, as long as he's tall enough....
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justanicknamed
8 years ago
Two hours of fantasy on occasion helps you live in the modern world.
True. Just as long as you can turn your brain back on and return to the modern world after having to shut it off for two hours to believe Tommy is intimidating to anyone larger than Vern Troyer.
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