Summary
The highly anticipated third season ofReacherlaunches on Prime Video on February 20, and it’ll see Alan Ritchson’s hulking hero take on a risky undercover mission, and face off against a brand-new set of villains. One of those villains is a character called Paulie, who is played by 7.2 inch body builder, Olivier Richters, andthe new addition to the cast has teased a ‘huge brawl’ between the pair, and it looks set to be one of the best fights in the action series thus far.
Reacherseason 3 is based on Lee Child’s book,Persuader, and the character of Paulie is a henchman for themain villain, Zachary Peck.Not many actors are taller and built bigger than Alan Ritchson, but in Olivier Richters, the creative team have found Reacher’s ultimate nemesis.
Reacher Season 3
Starring
Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Anthony Michael Hall, Olivier Richters, Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Roberto Montesinos and Daniel David Stewart.
Based on the book, Persuader by
Created by
Nick Santora
Olivier Richters was no secret to training regimes during his career as a professional body builder before he dipped his toes into acting. However,joining the cast ofReacherseason 3 as big villain, Pauliesaw Richters training five hours a day and consuming 7000 calories in order to keep his weight consistent.‘The Dutch Giant’ recently spoke toEmpireto discuss the epic fight sequence that took place between him andAlan Ritchson, and the fans are in for a real treat:
The effort they put into Reacher versus Paulie is astonishing. We might be a little bit immortal in the fight, because it continues for so long. I’m not going to say we’re going to win an Oscar for the fight scene, but it’s going to be spectacular.
No need for any Oscar nominations: fans are tuning intoReacherseason 3for brutal fight scenes, and the one between these two huge stars is going to be one for the ages.It’s exciting to hear that Reacher and Paulie’s rough and tumble isn’t short-lived either.No spoilers, but the show is calledReacher, so realistically, there can only be one winner. Having said that, Richters makes Alan Ritchson look like a normal-sized person, so the battle is bound to be Reacher’s toughest to date. The eponymousex-110th Special Investigatormight need the assistance of fan favorite,Frances Neagley, to defeat Zachary Peck’s henchman.
Olivier Richters Has A Lot of Positive Things To Say About Alan Ritchson After Seeing The Work He Puts In On Reacher
Alan Ritchson has built a successful career in Hollywood, but it was his role as Jack Reacher in Prime Video’s hit action series that propelled him to stardom. Olivier Richters gushed to Empire about his own personal experience working with Ritchson onReacherseason 3:
I said to [Alan] as a joke, but it’s kind of true, that he’s really Reacher in real life. He has so many lines to learn, he has to perform, he has to eat continuously, he has to show up for the fight-training after filming all day. It’s inhuman, what he does. It’s a level I can only dream of.
Ritchson really is the consummate professional, and deserves a lot of credit for his portrayal of Lee Child’s hero.Tom Cruise originally portrayed Jack Reacherin two movies, in 2012 and 2016, respectively. However, a big complaint from the fans was that the Hollywood legend just didn’t match the physicality and size of Jack Reacher in the book series.When Alan Ritchson took on the role in the television iteration, it was clear he was born to play the character.Ritchson significantly bulked up forReacherseason 2, and became even closer to Lee Child’s vision of the ex Military cop.Reacherseason 3 sees Ritchson build on this, and it wouldn’t be surprising if Olivier Richters' casting was an extra incentive to do so.
