Alan Ritchson inherited the part for Amazon’sReacher, and the show has proven both a critical and ratings hit.
Despite being a key figure in Child’s book, she is completely absent from the 2012 thriller.
Also missing is Barr’s sister Rosemary, who again plays an important part in the story.
The movie and book play out in broadly similar fashions, but the specifics are often different.
For example,Jack Reacherends with Cruise’s avenger driving into a quarry and straight-up shooting all the villains.
This was read as a smart move since it ruled out the show redoingOne Shotin the future.
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That said,the source material is just different enough thatNeagley’ssolo series could use itas inspiration.
Lee Child has now retired from penning theJack Reachernovels and handed that duty over to his brother Andrew Child.
Whether the show does or not is another story.
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