Alan Ritchson On The 'Reacher' Season That Was Canceled Due To Trump
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Key Points:
- Alan Ritchson, star of the Reacher series, revealed he nearly adapted the 1998 novel Die Trying for a season of the Prime Video show.
- Ritchson called Die Trying his favorite book in the Lee Child series and mentioned it was approved for adaptation until "someone got re-elected," hinting at political interference.
- The novel Die Trying centers on Jack Reacher and a politician’s daughter being kidnapped by a white supremacist militia aiming to secede from the U.S.
- Ritchson's comment follows his recent controversial remarks suggesting former President Trump should face jail for connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Despite the political undertones, Ritchson has not explicitly named Trump but continues to express his views publicly on social media.
