Author Lee Child admits that he “doesn’t like” his character Jack Reacher and originally planned to end the hit thriller series with him bleeding to death on the “dirty motel bathroom floor.”
- Child said he has not fallen in love with the character, which means he can be honest with him.
- He abandoned plans for his character to bleed to death after fans protested
- Lee Child’s 24 Reacher novels have sold over 100 million copies
Lee Child, the creator of Jack Reacher, has admitted that he doesn’t like his character, “so much.”
Despite Reacher having millions of fans around the world, Child said he hasn’t fallen in love with the character, which means he can be honest with him.
“I need you to like me less than you will,” Lee Child, 65, told The Guardian, adding that he had originally planned to end his thriller series by having his character, a former US Army police officer. USA, Will bleed to death on a ‘dirty motel bathroom floor’.
I don’t really like Reacher; I am in full control of him. I am the only person in the world who is afraid of it, ” Child said.
Despite the fact that Jack Reacher has millions of fans around the world, Lee Child (pictured) said that he has not fallen in love with the character, which means he can be honest with him.
Lee Child’s 24 Reacher novels have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
Tom Cruise played the lead role in two films about the 6-foot-5-inch solitaire that corrects mistakes and the n goes ahead.
Amazon won the rights to the Jack Reacher television series last year. The first season will be based on the first Jack Reacher novel released in 1997, The Killing Floor. Tom Cruise will not reprise his role in the television adaptation.
Child said he initially planned to end the series with the “brutal murder” of Reacher.
‘Initially I had the idea that in the last book, I would die in a blaze of glory or noble personal sacrifice. It would have been difficult to plan, because he is a very capable guy, but there would have been some situation where he would have to either give up on the person he was protecting or give up on himself, and he would obviously give up and bleed to death. some dirty floor in the motel bathroom, ‘he said.
Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher in Never Go Back in 2016
It had the title, ‘Die Lonely’, for the book that was never, but had a rethink after mentioning it, because of its fans, who protested.
The Reacher series will be delivered to Lee Child’s brother Andrew Grant, rather than Child continuing it himself.
Let’s let Andrew move on. He really was me 15 years ago, still full of energy, still full of ideas, and that’s why I think this is the perfect solution, ‘Child said.
He added that he has worked to prevent Reacher from changing as a character.
“So people love series, it’s like putting on an old, comfortable sweater, they know what they’re going to get,” he said.
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