Lee Child and Stephen King talk Jack Reacher
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2015
- On tour for his latest Jack Reacher novel, Make Me, author Lee Child sat down at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge, MA with writer Stephen King--a huge fan of the series, now 20 long.
Just finished season 1 of Reacher and Ritchson nailed the role. He obviously looks the part, but I was impressed with his acting. He has all the qualities of Reacher and the supporting actor roles were very complementary. Waiting for season 2.
And Lee's cameo was fun.
Couldn’t agree more. I’m waiting with great anticipation for the next season. .
@@messybench yes, I thought that somewhat puzzled look back as he walked past was golden.
Yes he did looking forward to more Alan was also the best part of Titans
Except when he shot those guys in the back . . .
Stephen King is so beautifully human. Listening to him in this interview, I get a sense of having a conversation with someone a few barstools over, or on a long bus stop wait. It just like regular everyday jawing. There is zero air of fame-headedness about him. Love this guy.
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Alan Ritchson is simply perfect casting . He is the epitome of a written character come to life that more than exceeds the persona Lee Child created.
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Season 2 is really great so far. (Saw the first 4 episodes so far as they are spacing them out)
I am a serious Lee Child fan and was impressed with Stephen King, especially his humor.
I did not expect Mr. King to be so good at the interview process as the interviewer….. he really draws Mr. Child out with some very insightful questions, both these guys are funny as heck too. I’ve always gotten the humor in their books nice to see it in person. Thanks for keeping this up.
One of the joys of turning Reacher into a streaming TV show instead of a movie is having space for the small asides like helping and later rescuing a dog. And they've got the right actor for the part at last, plus two dozen books to provide the material, so there will be more. There MUST be more.
Two great authors, I enjoyed the Jack Reacher movies and I'm a big Tom Cruise fan, but it was an odd choice. The Reacher show is great and the actor nails it.
I didn't know anything about Reacher when I saw the first movie, so I had no problem accepting Tom Cruise, but there was one line that jolted me out of the story. When they're framing Reacher for Sandy's murder, the bent cop asks the motel clerk which of her guests could have broken that girl's neck with one punch. And she immediately thinks of Tiny Tom? Why the hell didn't they change that line?
Check out the Amazon series 'Reacher'. I was hesitant, but it was really good. The series covers the first book, so it isn't rushed! And the actor looks more like the Reacher described in the books!
Odd choice? Tom Cruise obviously bought the rights to the series, as a vehicle for himself. You’re absolutely right, the series and the guy playing Reacher, is Reacher. Tom Cruise is a little guy pretending to be a big guy with what seems to be a case of hemorrhoids or early onset ulcerative colitis.
@@kellik5453 Yes, really enjoying it. At last a Reacher that actually fits Child's Reacher.
@@yeekasoose I was just fine with Cruise till that scene. For the frak sake.
I was in the audience, loved the talk, both extraordinary gentlemen. Fan for life.
Amy Chevalier proof.. didn’t think so
didn't think so either!
@@jesscooney8443 I don't think the allow wolves in the audience for these things, but as long as he made it about himself I think it's a win for him.
Awesome
Sounds about right! The 45min video is so easy and entertaining to watch..
7 years late but my 2 favorite authors. About 10-12 years ago I was in a small town in Norway working. There was no cell service, no internet, and no TV in the hotel so I went to a tiny corner store that had one of those little metal turning racks full of paperback books. Only 3 of the books were in English. One was "Gone Tomorrow". I was never a "mystery" reader but it had a blurb on the back from my favorite author Stephen King. With my options limited I went with Steves recommendation. Well, that was it, I read through "Gone Tomorrow" twice and when I got home I picked up "Killing Floor" and never looked back. Have read every Reacher book and anxiously await the yearly release of Reachers next adventure. Thought the movies were just ok but love the new series and next season is my favorite Reacher book "Bad Luck and Trouble". Thanks for posting this!
As a women I started reading Lee Child from the beginning and love the Jack Reacher character. I wait baited breath for a new book.
What the hell does that feel like, to have an absolute living legend, as a fan? I mean really, I can't think of anyone, in any art, that can top Stephen King's status.
+ALEXANDER NUCKEL are you not a bigger legend then? :P i havent read either author, just love hearing such interviews
WRITERS are HUMAN....and always fans of other writers because they know how difficult the job can be.
Shakespeare? Just a thought ...
@Winslow Neither will King be when he pops his clogs. Irrespective he'll never 'top' old Willie boy, which is the salient point I make, and the issue of whether they're alive or dead is therefore rendered irrelevant. Where's your question mark and opening capital letter, by the way? Tut tut. :-)
@Winslow Ah! I've touched a raw nerve I note, and you've been furiously looking things up on Grammarly haven't you, oh naughty person. Bluster, sunshine, and evading the main point. Have a nice day, and note this: I'm kicking you back under that stone from where you emerged . Don't reply, you're muted. 'Rhetorical' LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I like people like Lee Child whose sense of humor is kind-of hard to bring out. You appreciate their jokes more and their laughter more.
Lee Child rocks!!! I have all the Reacher novels & just love every one of them
I think the Rock would have been a perfect Reacher .
@@davidhuston6677 , I have to disagree. Reacher's background comes from Caucasian roots. His mother is established as a white French woman and his father as a white American. Dwayne Johnson has a bit too much of the Pacific roots in his appearance to work as a faithful version of Reacher.
@@jcp1984again ?? I guess I have to agree --- the bald head shows how wrong I was too .
Steve Austin would be a good Reacher…
Two legends and both fantastic writers.
Having been a big fan of Lee Child’s man-mountain of a character that Jack Reacher is, I honestly was furious when I heard Tom Cruise was going to play him.
I saw the movies before I read the books. I've read about half of them by now.
But even without knowing how big he was supposed to be on the printed page - Cruise still seemed an odd choice. Fighter pilots are rather small so as to fit in those cramped cockpits. So Cruise looked sensible in "Top Gun". But he isn't the kind of guy who beats up hordes of brutes in every bar. I couldn't do that and I'm bigger than Reacher in the books. I was also college heavyweight judo champ.
Reacher is a great character but hardly plausible. He's more like Superman but impervious to Kryptonite.
@@Agorante You said it Sir,,, "Like Superman, but impervious to Kryptonite" Reacher is impossible for all the human reasons, but in all of our lives, we have situations where we just need to believe there's someone among us who COULD have triumphed,,, Reacher fills that spot. Besides the fact that I grew up on Army bases from Augsburg Germany to Ft. Knox KY and was exposed to allot of regular government employees, the MP's I had exposure to, were EXACTLY the kind of people who support Reacher in the books, loyal, fierce, and more often than not, hard as nails. So it's even easier to fantasize that Reacher is possible.
I hated my Stepdad for being a violent drunk, but I now, cherish my days on base, and in the base school systems and base hobby shops. Some of the best memories of my life come from those days.
This was a great watch, even to catch it so long after it happened.
But now, with the Amazon series, we can all celebrate.
Tom Hanks vs Forrest Gump was the same issue. There needs to be more man-mountain actors :-)
Its 2022 and we now have a Reacher Amazon TV series that has been a smash hit
Where is that series?
@@camillecarter179 Amazon prime
I don't watch 45-minute videos, but this was great! I've been a Stephen King fan forever, and recently started reading the Reacher books. Two brilliant guys.
+Breann Neal You sound just like me...a Stephen King fan forever and recently started reading the Reacher books ( I have only read Killing Floor but plan on collecting and reading the rest). I agree they are two brilliant guys. =)
Try Echo Burning, probably one of his best.
Mark Raishbrook Thanks for the recommendation, I will definitely look that one up. =)
You don't watch 45-minute videos? Can you read 100+ page books?
Breann Neal yeah i love Stephen King me to he is very great and one day i will be like him later because i want to become a writer
Just stumbled across this little surprise. What a great interviewer Steven King is. Never seen him on that side of the fence.
A couple of weeks of really good fun has turned into 40 years... THAT IS AWESOME!
How sharp is Stephen King?! His mind is incisive and he did a great job as interviewer.
What a treat! I'd never heard of Reacher until the Tom Cruise movie. I enjoyed the first one. He did as great a job as he could. I'm glad they found a big guy for the Amazon Prime series though.
What a delightful pair of gentlemen.
Wonderful to have two literary success stories on stage with engaging dialogue. Love that last anecdote about the snake! Great stuff.
The snake story was likely untrue
@@BSFree-es5ml Makes it an even better story then, eh 😉
Bravo, gentlemen. I'm currently reading my 12th Jack Reacher novel, "Bad Luck and Trouble" by Lee Child, so its happenstance that I accidentally bumped into this conversation at Harvard between Lee and Stephen.
I love the Reacher series!! I've read every book in order, of course... what a great character. He's such a cool man.
I'm tha same way. I've been reading the books for over 20 years. And I enjoyed both movies.
But i think they should have started either the movies or especially the series based on the novel. The Enemy. Where reacher was still on active duty. He could have solved that case and then show him getting retired and riding off in the sunset on a bus to start the next episode. That would have made more sense to me as opposed to start in the middle of the series
Superb! and a lot of insight and good laughs. These two guys are rock stars. Thank you.
This was wonderful to watch. Thank you for this ! Mr. King and Mr. Child both sure are likeable guys. I haven't read a Jack Reacher novel before, I ought to pick one up .
I would personally suggest Echo Burning to start the series with, its my favorite of Jack Reacher series
I loved the time Reacher got upset, because the baddies broke his toothbrush!!
Tom cruise could play the reacher character except for size. But because of his portrayal, you didn’t think about the size issue that much. It does make a difference. I’ve seen both actors do the role now and I can appreciate them both. Tom cruise is older and you can tell he’s seen a lot of life. Alan ritcherson is younger. There are moments when he appears older looking in different episodes. They don’t make younger majors but he is from West Point. That speaks to tradition and career choices. Reacher shows the price you pay to remain true to decency, integrity, and a strong personal sense of honor through out your life.
Lee Child is a fascinating understated character. Probably a Myers-Briggs introvert with radar observation and an ability of wit and facile storytelling which endears him to us. His years at Granada television developing such things as The Jewel in the Crown and Prime Suspect! Yes, he knows how to weave an interesting tale! The downside for him is that as an introvert he probably has to do book signings with mobs of people hearing the same thing over and over; he would of course be a gentlemen and non-dismissive. Appreciative even. Wish we had more guys like him around.
You can see how much Stephen respects Lee Child...love it.
Great interview. Thanks.
As a failed sci-fi writer I learned early on that making the story realistic was hard. It's more than futuristic gadgets, rocketships, aliens, exotic locals, and exciting adventures. You need realistic characters. And that typically means fully fleshing out all the characters NOT just the good guy, his love interest, and the bad guy. It's super easy to set up all the descriptive specifics of the local, the plot, the conflict, and the rest of the mundane aspects of a story, but when the protagonist meets other people in the story it's easy to gloss over them by giving them stereotypical characteristics that everybody recognizes without effort. Those attributes are always one-dimensional cliches (the professor with the wrinkled shirt and jacket arm patches, the Chicano with the handkerchief headband, the mother holding a baby with children tugging at her skirt, the frazzled secretary delivering coffee to her boss, the bullies ganging up on the small kid, the college students racing to classes, and the most cliched character of them all, the used car salesman).
Every single one of those characters can be seen on TV at any given moment. The real challenge is to create a living, breathing character that leaps off the page and into the imagination of the reader as a real person with hopes, dreams, and a purpose. I could never do that and that is why I failed at a writing career. If you want to make your story real, like a good meal, fill it with delicious extras that complement the experience that people can sink their teeth into. Most of the time the dialog of secondary characters is also filler except for the tiny bit of key information that they provide. If the character seems real it's because they have a back story and their dialog isn't like elevator music. That's why Stephen King and Lee Child are successful, their main characters are well fleshed out but their subsequent characters are 3D as well and they will haunt you long after you've finished reading the book.
is that so hard to make a realistic character with their past and future or dream? and what's the difference between writing character in short story and novel?
I've read nearly all of the reacher books. I was very impressed with the cast and how the series honoured the book Killing Floor.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Great to see these two together.
This was wonderful on so many levels. Thanks!!
can you imagine Steven King talking about how good your books are?
Especially since they are poorly written.
@@kevgh3869 Who are you again? Oh, right.
@@TheKrazyLobster I'm nobody. I just don't like Lee child's writing... at all.
@@TheKrazyLobster He's a reader and that is enough.
That’s like Willie Nelson telling you that your country songs are great.
Wow! What a treat. Thank you.
Excellent interview. Very entertaining!
Two of my all time favorites! Have read every novel by each...and love the new Reacher series. Thank you both for so much pleasure in my life.
Two of my favourite authors. Funny stories, insightful questions and great conversation. The only thing I can think about now is the snake story. 😯
Essential viewing for aspiring writers and fans of Messrs King & Child. Wonderful.
Man that was amazing! So much warmth and wit . Awesome 👏
Two of my favorite authors.probably at the top of my list.
Brilliant conversation!
Two excellent compelling story tellers! Much respectable n eloquent summary of a formidable hero!
Oh wow this is great! I would love to have been there at Sanders to see this pair! What a great video!
Wonderful. Loved the last two minutes, and Stephen King’s delight in that anecdote. Right up his street.
Great chat!
Just started reading One Shot after watching the films. I didn't realise the Mr Grant is English. His immersion into American culture is superb, the way he describes directions of travel and layout in towns; I really struggle imagining the layout of urban scenes that he takes great pains over because we English use completely different descriptions. It is only because of seeing the films that the positioning of the car park and the bridge make any sense. This is not a criticism, just admiration at that level of immersion.
Mr. Grant? Huh?
@@davidowens5898 Hi David, it is his real name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Child
This was great!
I appreciated Mr. Child's "defense" of Tom Cruise. And I agree that Tom is a very talented and very physical actor. He brought a lot of nuance and feeling to the role. But he still stank as Reacher. All the apple boxes in the world can only get you so far.
At least for the first few episodes I've seen, the new Amazon series "Reacher" is doing a much better job. And the actor playing Reacher, Alan Ritchson, is doing a fantastic job, even if he is only six foot three.
He didn't stink. It was pretty good I think. I know that Reacher's size is a big part of that character but for what it was I thought Cruise's Reacher was pretty badass. Which is probably harder to do being 5'7" and probably the prettiest dude in a 100 mile radius than being an already 6'5" gruff guy.
That said YES. Richson is the total package. He's big, he's smart, he's charisma and presence in boots. Not to mention Amazon can go all out with the gore and nudity which reinforces stakes in the story they're telling.
I hated Tom Cruise as Reacher. I've read every book and TC wasn't convincing as Reacher. He really sucked.. He was also the producer of the movies, so he casted himself. Just my thoughts on how he was able to play a role he had no business playing.
@@jeanelleperez6280 TC is a serious nutcase who is a scientology creep.
In the US people start churches just to avoid taxes.
@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 For me it's not just the height it's that Cruise is great at intensity and Reacher for the most part is pretty laid back when he's beating people up. Cruise is really working, which is great in Mission: Impossible, but that's not what Reacher is about. Cruise is Ad-Rock, Ritchie is MCA.
The only books I ever read. I love Jack Reacher and have read every book and hopes it never stops
Great entertainment! Thank you 🌟
went through the series in a couple of days. Absolutely brilliant casting of Jack
Finally got round to reading Jack Reacher. Really enjoying it ao far.
One of the best one on ones I ever saw....
Love this discussion and both authors!
Two of my favorite authors, this was worth watching 🌹🌹❤️
Two very gifted writers and likable individuals
Anytime I can hear an author speak, at signings, readings, etc, I take that opportunity. Whether it's insight on characters or on the individual's writing process, it's worth it. Looking for similar content on UA-cam right now.
Great video!
So happy seeing this now after binge watching the new Reacher series two book writing geniuses their discourse cracked me up
This is a dream come true. Just showed up in my feed.
I so much love this. My favorite writers.
This talk was wonderful over my morning breakfast.
I have watched this new Jack Reacher Season about 5 times. I can't get enough. Ritchson IS Jack Reacher. I'm so in love I'm gonna read the books now cause I got all his expressions and mannerisms down. I CANNOT WAIT til the next season. And watching my favorite author with I suspect my next favorite author has been DIVINE❤🙌
Tom Cruise will always be Reacher.
Love Lee Child novels
Two of my favorite authors together at the same place, same time.
After watching Reacher on Amazon and watching Alan on podcasts and hearing his story all this Jack Reacher stuff is coming up on my YT feed and I don’t mind it one bit.
Great talk!
Nice interview throughout.
That stuff about Lee and Robert Plant... 😇😇
The character of Reacher challenges our preconceived notions. The big brute isn’t stupid, and can outthink you.
I loved the first Jack Reacher movie. It was my first experience of Reacher. It was great :D
Hello ! Happy New Year, Stephen !! 👍👍🍀🍀🙌
Watching Alan Ritchson right now in Reacher. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Brilliant 👍
2:18 Lee Child pronouncing Antigua correctly. Love this guy twice as much now.
Mis 2 autores favoritos!
I just gone through 10 Jack Reacher audio books, love them
Sorry....can u send me some of them please
Yep doing the same
I noted the press your pants under the mattress. It's been talked about for many years before his book hit the shelves. Love the Reacher series.
wow..to OD on my favorite authors at once..thank you..
After listening to and reading Jack Reacher and watching the 2 films which did not capture Reacher at all. And after watching the Reacher show, this conversation between 2 epic writers is amazing 👏
I started My Reacher Read-a-thon at One Shot. Can't put them down, til I finished it. Love every one so far.
Thank you Lee for Jack Reacher
Outstanding. 👍💯
Fast forward to 2019 and Lee Child is on board with his readers re: the actor who will portray Reacher in the upcoming TV series. NOT TCruise!
@Richard Burke Alan Ritchson has been cast. Looks just like I imagined Reacher to look! 👍
@@Ozefan2580 too young... :(
@@sarahhiggins7285 Oh I don't know 38, Reacher could quite easily be that age in the earlier books, my problem with the casting is he's far too handsome and not tall or wide enough. I have an inch on this guy and am not as handsome, so I'm a better fit for for the role on two counts :) - Reacher is an implacable 6'5" slab of muscle and definitely not pretty, shame.
I’ve been in love with Reacher since he hit the bookshelf. How Tom Cruise was selected to play Reacher, instead of someone like Duane Johnson, I have no idea.
Cruise bought the movie rights to about ten of Child's books...of course he, however inappropriately, would chose to be the lead...As long as you didn't know Jack Reacher, it would have been fine, but those of us who have been reading about him for years...well it was wrong.
I am astounded that otherwise intelligent people still cannot fathom how movies get made. Cruise has a production company that won the bidding for the film rights for several Reacher novels. If Cruise has the film rights, which he paid big bucks for, Cruise stars in the film. Period. Every movie he has ever made since becoming a producer has been the same. So he was not somehow “selected” or cast by someone else. If Duane Johnson was cast, he would not have the character nuance that Cruise brings to the screen. He’d just have the physical presence. The films would have been very different.
It's quite simple. I made that decision. I conceived the character of Jack Reacher before pen was put to paper along with a number of other things (La La Land, G.L.O.W., Jessica Jones and others) I didn't have time to write myself and I suggested Mr Cruise partly from an ironic perspective (5'6" Vs 6'5") I am British and it appeals to that sense of humour and partly because I admired the way he handled the character transformation in Rain Man. He's actually a great character actor and Reacher is more of a character than a physique. Whether you're a hobbit by stature or a Hemsworth courage, bravery and strength of character aren't predetermined by your size. That isn't to diminish Mr Child and what he brought to him, he's a phenomenal author and I am a huge fan myself. The reason Reacher is known as Reacher and not Jack is because when I was in secondary school my classmates called me Harper and not Andrew. There was an increasing glamourisation of villany in Hollywood and no counterbalancing heroism. So I conceptualised our knight errant of modern times.
Man, two absolute icons.
Fabulous !!
You Guys are the Best!!!!!🎥💞🔎🔦⌛⌛💞😄
Love that SK mentioned Blue Highways. Great book. Least Heat Moon is a fine writer.
Just watched season 1 of Reacher on Amazon Prime. My wife and I really enjoyed it. We enjoyed the movies too. I really liked the Roscoe character. Willa nailed it, and she’s freaking HOT also 👌🏼.
I wish I had not already read all the Jack Reacher books so I could read a new one.
Fell in love with jack reacher Amazon series. Just started reacher books. Currently on book 2 die trying
Lee Child+Alan Ritchson=Perfect Reacher🥇💪🏻💯
NOTHING BUT DOPENESS!!!!!
Boy it feels like I’m paying the salaries of Lee Child’s and Mark Greaney, lololol just to say thank you ,from page one I was hooked on ever book I got ,just so well written and I added Mark because he makes me laugh subtle humor,well developed characters .Steven King is of course the master
Great presentation. Hard to believe it was shot on a single camera, though; a back-up wide angle camera is normally considered essential. Good job with just one camera, though--thanks!
Love love love Reacher.
Tom Cruise is literally a guy that Reacher would melt in real life! How about a book with Reacher tearing through Scientology rescuing people that are held hostage psychologically? THAT would be awesome
Reacher rescues Shelly Miscaviage.
basketca2 I love it, Leah Remini could be his female sidekick in the story!
Right! Tom Cruise is NO Jack Reacher. Lee Child should be insulted.
Lucy Rickard unfortunately Lee Child saw that Hollywood money and sold Jack Reacher down the river
Id fn read that