‘Jack Reacher’ Author Talks Casting Tom Cruise in a New Featurette

If there’s one thing that has fans of Lee Child’s novels featuring recurring character Jack Reacher worried about the film adaptation, it’s the casting of Tom Cruise. The actor is almost the opposite of how the towering, buff character is described in the books. But shortly after the casting was announced, the author gave his seal of approval on Cruise’s casting saying, “Reacher’s size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way.” Now the author is back in a new featurette for the film from director Christopher McQuarrie, and he again addresses the casting of Cruise. Watch below! Here’s the featurette for Christopher McQuarrie’s Jack Reacher from Yahoo: Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the …