Lee Child set to adapt Jack Reacher novels for TV (but with a taller star)

As he prepares to make his archive public, the thriller writer explains why fans didn’t like Tom Cruise’s role on the big screen

He is one of the world’s most successful crime writers, selling more than 100 million copies of his novels and short stories worldwide. Now Lee Child is planning major television adaptations of his Jack Reacher books after fans complained to him about Tom Cruise’s portrayal of the larger-than-life hero in two Hollywood movies.

Reacher, a private investigator and drifter, is described in Child’s novels as physically towering, measuring in at 6ft 5in . Cruise, however, is said to be only 5ft 7in.

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