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Jack Reacherfilm series was based on the popular book series by author Lee Child. The two movies in the series,Jack Reacher(2012) andJack Reacher: Never Go Back(2016), were both directed by Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise in the lead role ofJack Reacher.
The firstJack Reachermovie also featured actress Rosamund Pike as Helen Rodin. During her audition, the actress reportedly asked Tom Cruise to stop talking because he was distracting her. She later thought about it and didn’t expect to land the role. However, she got the role and surprisingly she connected well with Cruise while filming the movie.
Rosamund Pike asked Tom Cruise to shut up during her audition
ActressRosamund Pikeplayed the role of Helen Rodin inJack Reacher(2012) alongsideTom Cruise. Her audition for the role was quite exciting (maybe not for Pike). She once told BlogTalkRadio,
“In my audition, there was a moment where I was doing a scene with a guy who was standing in for Richard Jenkins, who plays my father. I could see Tom Cruise and McQuarrie out of the corner of my eye kind of talking during my scene and it was distracting. So I said, ‘I’m sorry guys, do you think you could not talk during my scene?'”
Initially, she didn’t realize what she did, probably because she was nervous but later she thought she will not get the role.
Also read:“I feel embarrassed”: Oscar Winner Rosamund Pike Hated Starring in $58M Dwayne Johnson Movie That Bombed
The actress thought her career will end
Later Rosamund Pike thought that her career will end and she won’t get the role in the movie because she asked Cruise, the star of the movie, to shut up. She said,
“I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, what have I done?’ I’m probably the only actress in 30 years who’s ever told Tom Cruise to stop talking.”
Fortunately, Pike got the role in the movie as the studios loved her audition. The actress is best known for her roles inGone Girl(2014),Hostiles(2017), and the television seriesState of the Union(2019).
Also read:Despite Making Gargantuan $256M Profit, Steven Spielberg Thought 2002 Tom Cruise Movie Will Be a Spectacular Failure
Rosamund Pike connected well with Tom Cruise
Many people would expect Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike to have issues while filming because of their small encounter, however, that was not the case. The two actually connected well on the sets of the movie. The actress said,
“We did connect. We found this nice easy humor from the word go.”
BothJack Reachermovies grossed a combined total of over $400 million worldwide. It performed fairly well but received mixed reviews from the viewers. If compared to Tom Cruise’s filmography, the series weren’t really that successful but it was unique in its own way.
Related:Tom Cruise’s $358M Movie Was Planned as a Sequel to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 Classic Before the Studio Went Bankrupt
Source:Hollywood
Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
