# Here’s what I think of casting Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [February 21, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-think-of-casting-tom-cruise-as-jack-reacher/1027876 "2026-02-21T15:43:47Z")
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### Author: ![hideousidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/858c86/32.png) [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-think-of-casting-tom-cruise-as-jack-reacher/1027876/22 "2026-02-22T21:52:24Z")

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Topic seems to have been covered in 2012 [even down to the issue of casting short people around Cruise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-as-jack-reacher-wtf/623865/20)

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