Tom Cruise’s Replacement in an Axed Franchise Was Told Not to Reach Out
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Stepping in to replace Tom Cruise is about as daunting a task as you can think of, but people were genuinely thrilled when Alan Ritchson was announced to be headlining Prime Video’s episodic literary adaptation Reacher. While the Top Gun and Mission: Impossible legend steered his own Jack Reacher to a decent amount of money at the box office amidst strong reviews, the wheels came off when sequel Never Go Back rolled around. Not only that, but there were a lot of people – including author Lee Child…