I know from the books that Reacher has to deal with similar types of assumptions. I started to get a completely different response then-everybody suddenly assuming I was going to be a jerk or an idiot because of the way that I looked. I had it in my mind that I was going to get a muscle or two. I was 18 when I went through my growth spurt, and at the same time I started going to the gym. I was a late bloomer, and before puberty I had girls coming up to me asking whether or not I was going to be cute when I grew up. His intelligence is just as much a part of his being as his physicality. The fact that Reacher is often the smartest person in the room is very exciting to me. Those situations have been present throughout my career, and because of them I’ve got a bit of a chip on my shoulder. I got it because I looked like the comic book character.
My first real job was playing Aquaman on Smallville, and I didn’t get that because I’m an intellectual. I was excited to do something more than just use my body. For that I got yelled at to just say my lines. During my first time as the lead of a show, I challenged everything-hoping to make it better. I’m the last link in the creative chain as the actor most of the time. I feel like I’ve got good, creative ideas to share with the world, and there really hasn’t been space for me to do that.
I’ve been asked not to open my mouth on set and treated like a sack of meat. I started modeling when I was 18 years old, and it’s the most fruitless business. I feel that way in that I want people to know how smart I actually am. I’ve felt like Derek Zoolander in the earlier stages of my career-from that scene where he talks about wanting people to know how funny he can be. Did you enjoy getting to play someone with this depth of character. One of the great things about Reacher is he’s not just a force to be reckoned with physically, but he’s also very cunning as a detective. I feel very fortunate that it worked out. That internal pressure only got more serious with each book that I read. The pressure was building in my own mind. You start to meet these great supporting players like “Hook” Hobie who take it to that next place.
I ended up reading 24 books in eight months-in order-starting with Killing Floor and following that with Die Trying, which I liked even more. I did-I raced through them, and understood immediately why so many people were fans of the character. Read article Did you dive into the books yourself at that point? Streaming Guide: What's Coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Hulu, and Tu.
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