Have you ever read a fictional book and when you look at the cover, you think, "That's not what the characters look like." Because in your head you have pictured them totally different? Maybe ask your own "Have you ever" question and leave it here for others to think about or answer
Yeah--when I read a book, I know exactly what the characters look like. When Tom Cruise played Jack Reacher in the first movie about Reacher---I just could not believe the author would consent to have a 5'7"guy play a 6'5"guy!! I refused to watch it!
In all his movies they always try to make him look taller with trick photography, now they probably use a lot of CGI too. There are lots of reasons to dislike him but for me his height isn't one of them, lol Although I can see your point with how he doesn't fit the character.
Yes - this is one of the most glaring differences between the book and the movie that I've seen in years. Reacher in the book was 6' 5", 250 lbs. of serious bad-ass; Tom Cruise? Short dude, good actor, not someone anyone would confuse with Jack Reacher. The guy playing Reacher now is the guy in the book.
Cruise is a good actor. His Scientology stuff doesn't bother me in the least bit since that's on him and has nothing to do with me or, really, what he does for a living. Just don't let him play Jack Reacher again. Ever.
I've heard it said he wears lifts in his shoes, and they have used orange crates for him to stand on next to taller leading ladies so he looks taller than them.
