Reacher is the role that Alan Ritchson was meant to embody. There’s no doubt about that, but it’s wild to consider that the Fast X actor had been kicking around in Hollywood for over a decade before landing what would ultimately be his household-name-making role. Perhaps he’s even so fitting as Jack Reacher — managing to even infuse a layer or two within a brick sh*thouse — because Ritchson knows what it’s like to fail and forget that “details matter.” For that reason and more, he has blown auditions in the past.