[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Titan

Just a mini rant but WTF were they thinking? Clearly Child was not thinking of the lilliputian scientologist when he was writing the books.

Who would you cast? I am thinking the Rock would have been perfect.

The Reacher novels have been very popular with women and judging from the reaction to the casting of Tom Cruise from Mrs. Cowperson, that demographic is also not going to be very happy with a liliputian scientologist as well.

On CBS Sunday Morning a few years ago, they profiled Lee Child (real name Jim Grant), author of the Reacher novels . . . .

He got a job in British television, and for 18 years worked on such high-brow, high- profile projects as "Brideshead Revisited," and mysteries like "Prime Suspect."

"I was these guys on the other side of the camera, and it was a great job - loved it. Absolutely loved it.

"And if I hadn't been fired, I would still be doing it, and still loving it. But I was fired."

Suddenly without a job at age 40, with a wife and young daughter to support, he made a leap of literary faith.

"What I wanted was to stay in the world of entertainment," Child said. "I mean, that's all I've ever wanted to do. It's all I've ever been good at. And I thought, well, you know, I know the audience. I know how they think. Let's try writing a book."

So he sat down at his kitchen table with nothing but a legal pad and this now well-worn pencil. In 5 months Jim Grant - reborn as Lee Child - wrote his first novel.

"Killing Floor," set in the United States, earned rave reviews, and introduced the character who would secure Child's place in the pantheon of great mystery writers: a 6 foot, 5 inch tall, 250 pound ex-U.S. Army military cop named Jack Reacher.

He's described in the book as "a rock."

"Yeah, he's a big guy," Child said. "No vulnerability. He is who he is. He's confident, practiced, professional. He's got the physical strength, he's a force. In other words, he's the hammer. He's not likely to be the nail."

A hard guy with a tough-sounding name that, ironically, Child came up with while grocery shopping with his wife Jane.

"I was out of work, so we go to the supermarket. And every time that I've ever been in a supermarket, I walk in, and a little old lady comes up to me and says, 'You're a nice tall gentleman. Would you reach me that can?' So my wife said, 'You know what? If this writing gig doesn't work out you could be a reacher in a supermarket.' And I thought, Good name."

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-3445_162-6987065.html and video.

How does Tom Cruise fit into that description?

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