Reacher Chart Prompts Tom Cruise Fans to Say the Same Thing After Casting Show’s Biggest Bodybuilder

In the world of action heroes, Jack Reacher is undoubtedly one of the most famous. Based on Lee Child’s fan-favorite crime novel series, it has some truly extreme characters in its saga, making it all the more interesting than ever. That said, when it comes to the people who played him in live-action, there are only two names: Tom Cruise and Alan Ritchson.

While Cruise’s version of this action hero was undeniably quite short, the imposing six-foot-two Ritchson changed that thanks to his portrayal of the character in the Prime Video series. However, when it comes to the height chart in this hero’s live-action franchise, it seems that even Ritchson would look dwarfed as the series features the world’s greatest bodybuilder in the series!

WARNING: Contains spoilers for the Reach Upcoming series. Read at your own risk!

The measuring rod in the story of Jack Reacher is constantly increasing

Ritchson Reach the series is still going strong, with critical acclaim still going strong. That said, for the third season of the Prime Video series, the screenplay from Lee Child’s book Persuasive will be adapted. In this new scenario there is a rather particular character, especially with regard to his physical characteristics.

This character is Paul “Paulie” Masserella, who is one of the burliest bodyguards of the mysterious Zachary Beck, weighing approximately 200 pounds more than the protagonist himself. And CinemaBlend’s latest reports have only revealed the actor chosen for the role: Olivier Richters, aka “The Dutch Giant.”

While the book describes him as being six inches tall or something taller than the series’ protagonist of six feet five inches, Ritchers fits the description perfectly as he is around seven feet two inches tall. Not only that, but he’s actually the world’s tallest actor and bodybuilder, which, needless to say, is not a jokesame for Alan Ritchson’s Jack.

That being said, the height chart for the live-action saga of Child’s novel series seems to be ever-expanding, considering how they’ve gone from including the five-foot-seven Tom Cruise in franchise, at six feet two inches tall. Ritchson, and now, to a seven-foot-two-inch-tall Ritchers, who is literally at least a foot taller than even the imposing Ritchson.

So if even the current 41-year-old portrayer of Jack in the Prime Video series looks like a dwarf in this supposedly recently cast actor, then Cruise would undoubtedly look like an elf in front of Ritchers, as even @Le igndotcom handle couldn’t help but explain visually through a perfectly comparative image on Instagram.

As for the fans? Well, they all seem to have the most hilarious reactions to it.

Fans are reacting hugely to this Reach Height comparison

Even though Ritchson’s height is at least a foot shorter than Olivier Ritchers’ new cast, that’s one thing, with Cruise being even shorter that’s what got him roasted by fans everywhere in this post shared by @igndotcom on Instagram.

If anything, fans can’t help but point out how the fan-favorite action king just caught a stray animal. absolutely no reason. In total, here are some of their reactions in the comments section to this gigantic height comparison between the characters in the Jack Reacher universe:

Tom just caught a stray animal for no reason lol” ~ @dmart2490

“Tom just got set on fire for no reason 😆” ~ @alexismontalvo

“Tommy wants uppies 🙇🏻‍♂️” ~ @deadbeatscott

“Tom Cruise didn’t like this post” ~ @zakbdz

“You don’t have to do Tom like that” ~ @tanner__z

“Tom here taking in stray animals 😭🙏” ~ @krishasija531

Well, everything else aside (including that brutally insulting height comparison), we’re really excited to see how things turn out for Ritchson’s version of the protagonist when he meets Ritcher’s Paulie in the next season.

In the meantime, you can stream Reach on Prime Video.