Anyone who’s read the Jack Reacher novel Persuader remembers Paulie: the giant man mountain security guard who butts heads with Reacher multiple times throughout the story. So, there was much interest in who would play the colossal figure in one of the best Prime Video shows when it returns for season 3.
That person would need to tower above an already 6’ 3” Alan Ritchson in the lead role of Reacher season 3. Lee Child, the writer of the Jack Reacher novels and executive producer of the Reacher series, tells me in exclusive interview it wasn’t an easy task.
